It seems like food writers, bloggers and ‘foodies’ everywhere can’t seem to escape clichéd food terms. Maybe it’s that there aren’t enough food adjectives to go around, or maybe they think they’re being ‘trendy’ (another word that needs to go), but either way, we say NO MORE to some of these cringe-worthy words.
Please, make them stop
Yummy, or the more Kiwi-sounding yummo. Unless you’re in primary school, this won’t fly
Nom nom nom, or the shortened version ‘noms’
Eats, as in cheap eats, mean eats, eats of any kind
Foodie. Let’s all make a pact to come up with a term that describes a massive food fan that isn’t totally pretentious (gourmand, bon vivant, gastronome to name a few…)
Unctuous. Gross to say and gross to listen to
Vege, vegies, veges. Is there not enough time in the day to say vegetables?
Nibbles. We know there’s a distinct lack of words to describe snack food but surely the whole point of a canapé is that you down it in one
Homemade/housemade/handcrafted, especially when applied to something that is clearly not – i.e. those bread rolls that you just defrosted and reheated
Party in my mouth. That’s a party we won’t be RSVPing to
Delish. Just say delicious for the love of humanity
Droolworthy (spit = eww)
Nose-to-tail. We don’t want to eat the nose, nor the tail
Curated by. It’s just a food truck menu, you are not the gatekeeper of cultural heritage
Succulent and its friend moist. Please, just no
Garden to table. A salad made with produce bought via the supermarket that was once in the garden does not count as garden-to-table
To die for. That crème brulée is never worth such extremes
Bubbles. Let’s just shorten this to bubs and be done with it
Heritage. Tacked on to the start or end of all manner of produce. We’re not falling for it
Tasty. The laziest descriptive word of all
Decadent/indulgent. Don’t make us feel bad about that chocolate brownie
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