Tasting very good; delicious or appealing to eat. Often used informally or by children to express enjoyment of food.
An informal word from the 1890s, derived from 'yum' plus the suffix -my. 'Yum' itself is an exclamation expressing pleasure in eating, possibly imitative of the sound of enjoyment or influenced by similar expressions in other languages.
Despite being considered childish, 'yummy' has found its way into adult vocabulary and even marketing, where 'yummy mummy' describes attractive mothers. The word taps into our most primal positive response to food, making it powerful in advertising and social media food content.
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