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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 )

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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' !

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

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

Alea Sat 16-Apr-16 23:21:16

I think the accepted - and sanitised version - is "Don't rain on my parade".

POGS Sat 16-Apr-16 22:10:59

As a follower of the Good Wife suzied I shall listen for it being said, unless I have already missed it.

It's hardly offensive and I wouldn't get my knickers in a twist over it, it's quite descriptive in a way , perhaps I will try it out on my GD too jingle , I prefer Indiana's terms but I could hardly use them in front of a 10 year old. grin.

numberplease Sat 16-Apr-16 21:58:15

Nice to see you again Envious!

Ana Sat 16-Apr-16 21:41:34

Tee hee jingl!

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 16-Apr-16 21:37:36

Ooh. I'm going to remember this one. Seeing GSs tomorrow. Will definitely try to use it to them. Could harvest a good bit of street cred with this.

Thanks Susie. smile

Alea Sat 16-Apr-16 21:32:49

Apart from the intrinsic awfulness of the phrase, there is little more pathetic than an older person trying to get "down and dirty" (whatever that means!) with the kids and their slang.
Don't we all remember "Fab" and "Groovy"? Or Norman Vaughn's downwards pointing thumb and "Dodgy!" Our parents would have looked complete prats if they had started talking like that.
It is virtually impossible to keep up with "the kids" even if you wanted to and to ape their "street talk" lays you open to ridicule.
Remember LOL? Own up, how many of us used it for Lots Of Love, to their sniggers and giggles?
So thank you, suzied as you say, we heard it here first, now please God may I never hear it again!!

Indinana Sat 16-Apr-16 20:52:04

And another one - "don't burst my balloon"

Indinana Sat 16-Apr-16 20:51:24

Oh yes, I've heard that one too nina

ninathenana Sat 16-Apr-16 20:46:20

We say 'don't piss on my bonfire'

Indinana Sat 16-Apr-16 19:54:03

I think I prefer "don't take the wind out of my sails", or even "don't piss on my parade", despite the fact that it uses a naughty word grin. At least they both sound a bit more grown up than yuck my yum. God, talk about dumbing down.

Bellanonna Sat 16-Apr-16 19:09:30

Yes, just googled it ffinocchio and you're right

merlotgran Sat 16-Apr-16 19:09:01

Reminds me of when DS was a toddler. If he tried a new food and liked it he would declare it to be Yum! If he didn't like it he would whisper Yuck because it made him giggle when I warned, 'Don't you dare say that!'

DH would then wind me up by asking him, 'So how did that figure on the Yuck or Yumometer? grin

annsixty Sat 16-Apr-16 19:08:22

Don't be rude about something I really like. I can understand that.

grannylyn65 Sat 16-Apr-16 19:08:03

Sounds right ffin!!

ffinnochio Sat 16-Apr-16 19:05:43

"Don't yuck my yum, yo " means ... "don't be being rude about my food!"

Street slang.......as I understand it.

grannylyn65 Sat 16-Apr-16 18:56:36

Am being thick as don't get correlation between yuck, yum, mouth and posterior???