yummy vs yucky

Hey everyone, I haven't posted an opposites lesson in awhile and I thought of a good pair people should know.

YUMMY vs YUCKY

Both of these are KID's English. Children use them when talking about food, when adult's use them it sounds kind of cute so men tend not to use these words so much (unless they are talking to kids).

Yummy means delicious, the food or drink tastes great. In Japanese, you'd say おいしい.

This cake is delicious~!

This cake is yummy!

このケーキはおいしいよ！

These sentences all have the same meaning but yummy sounds cuter more childish.

Yucky means something tastes bad or is digusting/gross. It is usually used to talk about food/drinks but can also be used to talk about things. It's almost never used by adults... In Japanese, when talking about food you'd say まずい. Adults might use the interjection "Yuck!" which is where yucky comes from (add y to make a noun an adjective).

A: Try this milk...

B: YUCK! Why did you ask me to drink that? It's gone bad!

A: I just wanted to double check.

B: I could have smelled it! I didn't have to drink it. Gross.

A: Sorry.

Here's an example using yucky:

Mother: Eat your natto.

Kid: Natto's yucky! No!

Mother: It's healthy, just try some...

Kid: Yuck~! No more it's yucky >_<

Have a good week,

Phil