Yumtown, population: you

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Hi, I've noticed that this phrase "Yumtown, population: you" is used besides a photo of delicious food, and I wonder what it means. Could someone please explain it?Thanks.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Anonymous Hi, I've noticed that this phrase "Yumtown, population: you" is used besides a photo of delicious food, and I wonder what it means. Could someone please explain it?Thanks.

To understand that requires some cultural knowledge. It is common in English-speaking countries to name towns as compounds with -town, thus: Newtown, Georgetown, Rivertown, etc.

As you travel along the highways of the U.S. you will see signs that announce the name and population of each town you enter, thus:

Georgtown
Population: 15,632

Rivertown
Population: 4,329
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Secondly, in English the word that represents the sound "mmmm" we make after tasting something delicious is "yum". Delicious food is said to be "yummy". It's slang.

Yumtown is thus a made-up name for a fictional place where food is delicious. If you are there, you make up part of the population of that fictional town. It says that you belong in that town, enjoying that food.

Yumtown
Population: you

CJ

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Note: Yum Brands is a corporation that owns Kentucky fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. These are very large and popular fast food franchises.

Yumtown might be a place named for Yum Brands.

http://www.yum.com/brands/

Yumtown, population: you

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