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Narrator: Today's word is "Yummy" — adjective, pronounced /ˈjʌmi/, with the stress on "yum".
Narrator: Yummy means tasting very good, delicious.
Narrator: In plain English, yummy means tasty.
Narrator: It comes from yum, the sound of enjoying food.
Narrator: A common collocation is "yummy treats", which describes delicious snacks.
Narrator: It differs from "delicious", because yummy is informal and playful.
Narrator: In a second sense, yummy can describe something attractive, informally.
Narrator: Food, parenting, marketing and everyday speech use the word.
Narrator: So remember: yummy means tasty.
Speaker A: How was the birthday cake?
Speaker B: So YUMMY! From yum, the happy eating sound.
Speaker A: Chocolate?
Speaker B: Triple chocolate.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "These cookies are yummy", baking. "Yummy snacks for the party", shopping. "Mmm, yummy!", dinner.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use delicious in formal restaurant reviews.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Tasty is its cousin, scrumptious its twin, and delicious an alternative — yet yummy keeps its sweet charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "yummy" in AI prompts — useful for children's menus and recipe apps.
Speaker A: How for menus?
Speaker B: Kids.
Prompt: Write a fun children’s menu with yummy names for healthy dishes.
Speaker A: And recipes?
Speaker B: Quick meals.
Prompt: Suggest five yummy lunches that take under ten minutes.
Speaker A: Could it help tone?
Speaker B: Yes, for formality.
Prompt: Replace yummy with delicious in this professional food review.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Social posts.
Prompt: Write a cheerful post about our yummy new cinnamon buns.
Yummy — meaning in Arabic & definition More Y courses GL Dictionary