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Please, no more nom nom
Grub Street lines up a list of stomach-wrenching food writing words.
Please, no more nom nom
When one spends an excess of time reading, thinking, and eating, food descriptors tend to become, well, a familiar. The kind folks at Grub Street have taken the liberty of rounding up a list of food writing words that should be retired for good. Mouthfeel and toothsome are major offenders, at least around these parts, and if we never have to hear nom nom again, everything will be right in the world.
Grub Street is running a clichéd food-writing contest, all you have to to is tweet your worst and be sure to include the hashtag #bannedfoodwords
Winners receive a copy of Best Food Writing 2011, a volume which surely contains quite a few of the offending words.
Addictive, Artisan, Approachable, Bill of Fare, Boasts, Cooked to Perfection, Cornucopia, Decadent, Delectable, Eatery, Enrobe, Epic, Foodies, Fusion, Luscious, Meltingly Tender, A Miss, Mouthfeel, Nibbles as a Noun, Nom (or Nom Nom Nom, etc.), Pillowy, Sammies Instead of Sandwiches, Savor, -Tastic, Toothsome, Toque, Unctuous, Velvety or Silky, Yummy
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