Complete Definition of "yammery"

English

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Any sort of over indulgence especially when dealing with sweets (candy, cookies, cola, yams).

#:Quotations
#:*When my mother entered my candy-wrapper-filled room she exclaimed "What is this yammery!"

Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
Derived from the scene in w:Invisible Man|Invisible Man, a novel by w:Ralph Ellison|Ralph Ellison, in which the narrator consumes yams voraciously.

Pronunciation
IPA: /y�m'�-r�

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