Word of the week

Published December 10, 2016

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Scrummy

Adjective (Informal)

Meaning: Delicious

Examples: “You can eat scrummy treats such as ice cream.”

“We lingered over dinner for three hours, enjoying every hospitable and scrummy minute of it.”

“Our waiter suggested a vegetable side dish for us — potatoes with chick peas, which proved to be an excellent choice: the potatoes were fall-away soft and thoroughly scrummy.”

“I had no idea what a stovie was, and am still a little unsure, but it was just scrummy!”

“We celebrated this decision by eschewing mashed potato for a night and buying a scrummy looking continental salad from the supermarket.”

“The only argument was whether to have this scrummy little bun piled high with bacon for breakfast or to simply smother it with butter as a tasty mid-day treat.”

“The home-made dips look particularly scrummy.”

“And in the meantime there’s lots of scrummy stuff on the website.”

Origin: Early 20th century: from scrumptious + -y.

Published in Dawn, Young World, December 10th, 2016

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