Containing a lot of juice or moisture; also used to describe something that is interesting, scandalous, or attractive.
From 'juice' (from Old French 'jus,' meaning broth or liquid) plus the suffix '-y' (having the quality of). The figurative meaning of 'interesting' or 'scandalous' developed in 20th-century slang.
When people call gossip 'juicy,' they're using the same word that describes a ripe peach—and there's a real reason: humans find both literally appealing and figuratively appealing things exciting because they satisfy our appetite, whether for food or for interesting stories.
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