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yum, int.|jʌm|
[Echoic.]
An exclamation of pleasurable anticipation, with implication of sensual or gustatory satisfaction; freq. reduplicated as yum-yum, etc.
Some of the reduplicated examples are not clearly distinguishable from those given s.v. yum-yum n. and a. below.
1878Burlington Hawkeye in Irish Monthly VI. 688 How we would like to get hold of the man... Alone. In the woods, with a revolver in our hip-pocket. Revenge is sweet; yum, yum, yum. 1899Kipling Stalky 239 Pretty lips..Seem to say—Come away. Kissy! come, come!.. Yummy-yum-yum! 1922Joyce Ulysses 173 Kissed her mouth. Yum. 1942O. Nash Good Intentions 143 And fish are only something about which some people say, ‘Yum yum, right out of the water and fried to a delicate golden brown.’ 1959‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies iii. 40 When she had gone, Bella said: ‘Yum-yum. Really luscious.’ 1962A. Lurie Love & Friendship iii. 45 Miranda cut a piece of warm coffee cake, handed it to Emmy... ‘Oh, yum. Thank you.’ 1982S. Paretsky Indemnity Only xii. 155 ‘Lotty talked her into..making homemade enchiladas, yum-yum.’ ‘Yum-yum,’ the two little girls chorused.
Hence ˈyummy a. colloq., delicious, delectable; also as int.
1899[see yum int.]. 1934Webster, Yummy adj. 1950‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xii. 147 Lora's attractive face or Dorothea's yummy figure. 1955J. P. Donleavy Ginger Man xix. 213 Sitting, facing one another across the white table. Bacon and eggs, tea, bread and butter. Yummy. 1955H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) vi 47, I adore movie stars. Gregory Peck! Yummy! 1970P. Zelver Honey Bunch xx. 96 Thanks a lot for the lemonade. It was yummy. 1979Evening Standard 18 Sept. 23/2 Mr. Zamoyski is a handsome devil himself—such a yummy photograph on the back of the jacket.
▸ yummy mummy n. colloq. a young attractive mother.
1993Calgary Herald 18 June b8/2 If the chick happens to be an attractive mother pushing a stroller, she's a *yummy mummy. 2003Independent 5 May (Rev. section) 13/4 There is admittedly, a phalanx of ‘yummy mummies’ who turn up at the school gates in full slap every morning, dressed as if for a Hollywood premiere. |