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Don't Yuck my Yum

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suzied Sat 16-Apr-16 16:55:22

Has anyone else heard the above expression? Its American obviously, I first heard it on the Good Wife. I think it means -please don't undermine something I love, such as if I say "I am going to Tenerife on holiday", the other person says" Tenerife is so tacky", I would say, "Don't Yuk my Yum". I am now frequently spotting occasions when it should be used. ( quite often on Gransnet )

harrigran Sun 17-Apr-16 00:08:02

I wouldn't jingl, your GSs will probably run for the hills. What a gross expression .

tiredoldwoman Sun 17-Apr-16 04:10:41

It made me laugh , I might use it facetiously now ! But yes, it's like something Bart Simpson might say . Other trash talk that I don't like is ' my bad' and 'what goes around comes around '- I like old fashioned language like ' ocht well' and 'away and boil yer head' !

suzied Sun 17-Apr-16 06:02:52

I think "don't rain on my parade" is slightly different in meaning isn't it? If , say, you were enjoying eating beetroot, and another person( this has happened to me) started making gagging noises just because beetroot was on the table, I wouldn't say " don't rain on my parade", but I could say " don't yuk my yum". ( I didn't cos I didn't know it then I said something ruder). Maybe I'll start using it now and be a sad down with the kids old fart. But, hey, don't yuk my yum.

TrishTopcat Sun 17-Apr-16 06:41:58

What a brilliant phrase! Just 4 words vividly painting a whole picture,very pithy. If I wasn't such an old windbag, I'd use it myself

Alea Sun 17-Apr-16 07:38:10

I was offering a repeatable version of "Don't p*ss on my parade " hmm
Fortunately I have never experienced your "beetroot incident".
I might be pickier about my lunching/dining companions in future.

Jaycee5 Sun 17-Apr-16 13:26:01

I don't like the saying but it makes a good point. People often make very nasty comments when people talk about TV programmes they watch. I think everyone watches or reads a certain amount of rubbish and they should be able to talk about it. Life can't all be serious and heavy.

annifrance Sun 17-Apr-16 14:07:13

I use 'don't rain on my parade' or 'don't burst my balloon'. Yuk on my yum sounds a bit dirty but tempted to try it out on OH and DGs

grandMattie Sun 17-Apr-16 14:18:20

Yuk my yum is a revolting turn of phrase. We used, in the best "Hitchhiker's Guide..." to people who annoyed us, and taught our offspring the same, to say "Go stick your head in a pig/Share and enjoy"!
I don't like a lot of these sayings, they are silly and often very ambiguous, which is what they are supposed to be. Don't like people being unkind/rude! I try not to be either if I can help it.

phizz Sun 17-Apr-16 19:42:50

I mentioned to my niece that I'd ordered a beast's tongue which she thought utterly revolting and said so in no uncertain terms.
I suppose I could have said 'don't yuk my yum' if I'd heard of it but what I did say was 'to each his own'.
Think I shall stick with that.