SideDish Word Ban: YUM!

Posted on July 15th, 2011 1:14pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Food Crime, Food Writing, I Hate it When That Happens, Mistakes I made, Mixology is fancy for bartender, Politics of Food, PR People, questionable judgment, Rants, Silly Reasons to Celebrate, Special Offers, Stupid terms for food, Yum is Dumb

Beginning today, July 15, 2011, I am banning the use of the word YUM from any post on SideDish. You can YUM away all you want in the comments, but I will do my best to keep it from appearing in an official report. I do my best to stay away from “foodie,” but have yet to find the perfect replacement. YUM, however, has many. HOWEVER, I reserve the right to use “yummers” or “yum” when  I am being sarcastic or quoting a person.

If you spot the word YUM in a post after today, you will win a prize. Carry on.

9 comments

  1. (Yum!)

    @ 1:22 pm on July 15, 2011

  2. “Ranger, you screwed up! You forgot to read us our rights.”

    http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2011/07/15/leading-off-71511/

    @ 1:55 pm on July 15, 2011

  3. Good call. We will do our best to hold you to this. Re: “foodie” – may I suggest gourmand, gastronome, or epicurean Sherpa.

    @ 2:10 pm on July 15, 2011

  4. Good call.

    @ 2:49 pm on July 15, 2011

  5. now if you can only get ahold of “Best Thing I Ever Ate” participants…they have a vocabulary of 10 words, 4 of which are “yum”, “yummy,” “Yumminess” & “yumminiciousness”

    @ 4:47 pm on July 15, 2011

  6. …swarthy…

    @ 5:39 pm on July 15, 2011

  7. Not sure I agree with that

    @ 10:57 pm on July 15, 2011

  8. That doesn’t include yumm-o, does it?

    @ 11:28 pm on July 15, 2011

  9. Hey we dont like that (Yum Yum Food Truck)

    @ 12:39 pm on July 29, 2011