To cringe when adults say 'yummy'

[candlles]

Are you four?!

YABU
It's nice to use a varied vocabulary.

It really gets my goat.

@candlles

It really gets my goat.

It makes me cringe when people use “gets my goat”.

I've said 'that was yummy' if someone has cooked me something I enjoyed.

Now, tummy that's really annoying and should only ever be used when talking to a very small child. Belly is the worst word ever!

Nom nom is the worst by a mile

I used to work with some who, every lunch time without fail, would eat something very boring that her boring husband had packed into a Tupperware box for her and then sit back and say “that was yummy for my tummy” whilst patting her abdomen and grinning like an idiot. Gods, I wanted to slap her every day.

You are definitely NBU. Yummy and scrummy, just no! I also hate it when adults refer to their "tummies".

@Keeping2ChevronsApart

I've said 'that was yummy' if someone has cooked me something I enjoyed.

Now, tummy that's really annoying and should only ever be used when talking to a very small child. Belly is the worst word ever!

I've seen this before on MN. What is the good alternative for tummy then? I do use it just because I hate belly and I think many people don't understand abdomen, it's a bit too medical jargon.

@MeepleMe stomach?

"Yum" is even worse. I hate yummy and belly. 🤢

I like yummy. I don’t like ‘gets my goat’. I don’t have a goat to get.

Yummy, tummy, choccy (or chocs), sweeties, veggies - all are ridiculous twee shit.

My doctor once referred to my tummy. I'm not 5.

Perhaps at my next smear they'll refer to my foofoo (or other such nonsense).

Cannot abide that word.

only when they are not speaking to children lol

Actually just looked it up, interesting origin..

“This expression comes from a tradition in horse racing. Thought to have a calming effect on high-strung thoroughbreds, a goat was placed in the horse's stall on the night before the race. Unscrupulous opponents would then steal the goat in an effort to upset the horse and cause it to lose the race”.

Luckily I’m not a ‘highly strung thoroughbred’ so I’m ok, ‘yummy’ it is then ;)

I got told off for berating a poster (nicely-ish) the other day for referring to her partners 'high tummy'. I'm still not sorry.

@FunTimes2020 but stomach can only refer to the actual organ, what if the problem area being talked about is actually somewhere near the navel, or lower down? The stomach is nowhere near these areas. I would really like there to be a good alternative, like kneecap is to patella, but there doesn't seem to be!

Yummy, tummy, nom nom are all awful when used by adults, but poorly is the worst. Absolutely hate it, makes me turn inside out. Just sounds so pathetic and poor-little-me

@ShinyGreenElephant

Yummy, tummy, nom nom are all awful when used by adults, but poorly is the worst. Absolutely hate it, makes me turn inside out. Just sounds so pathetic and poor-little-me

'turns me inside out' is exactly it!

I remember an adult relative once said they had a belly ache, it was too awful to hear !

WTF is a high tummy??

Neither yummy nor tummy bother me.

Sorry, but I do ask my adult patients about previous ulcers in their tummy and how their waterworks are. If referring to a penis, vagina or breasts, I usually use the terminology the patient uses to me to try and save them any embarrassment.

Grown women referring to their "foofs" is even worse.

How about "Super Yumzers!!!" Op??

A basic yummy i am fine with but I can't handle when adults speak to other adults like they are children and use a particular voice

I prefer 'tummy' to 'belly'. I cringed just typing it.