24 October 2006

Words that should be banned: yummy mummy

A Yummy Mummy is a young, hip, sexually attractive mother or mother-to-be. A Yummy Mummy is stylish, thin, well-off and brand aware.

They model themselves after celebrity Yummy Mummies who can be seen on websites such as
babyrazzie.com. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kate Beckinsale and Angelina Jolie are models of Yummy Mummyhood. Other Yummy Mummies include Victoria Beckham and Britney Spears, proving that the Yummy Mummy notion of beauty is not based entirely on the classic definition of beauty.

Yummy Mummies do not allow pregancy to make them large or lumpy. Yummy Mummies do not wear spit-up stains on their designer tunics. Yummy Mummies do not vomit in the early days of pregnancy because that would make them Vommy Mommies and we couldn't have that. Yummy Mummies never appear pale, wan and exhausted after a bad night with baby.

Yummy Mummies have
websites and Life Network TV programs and Yummy Mummy Clubs that talk about the Yummy Mummy lifestyle which involves style, fashion and accessories such as cute babies and beautiful children. Pink features prominently, as do SUVs.

Yummy Mummies are rarely single moms living in public housing. Yummy Mummies do not take the bus or shop at food banks. Yummy Mummies do not have loser boyfriends who sell drugs and disappear for weeks at a time.

Yummy Mummies must look hot at all times, not to mention fit, happy and young, regardless of age. They purchase fitness apparel,
Yummy Mummy survival guides and go for Yummy Mummy spa weekends with other Yummy Mummies. Yummy Mummies deserve to be pampered. Yummy Mummies are "so, like, toootalleee, faaab" about their Yummy Mummy lifestyle.

Let us dignify the English language by banning the term Yummy Mummy.