Marmitey
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[edit]Marmitey (comparative more Marmitey, superlative most Marmitey)
- (informal) Resembling the food product Marmite in taste, texture, etc.
- 2008, Antony Worrall Thompson, Paul Rankin, The People's Cookbook: A celebration of the nation's life through food:
- We've had unusual results with more familiar ingredients too – roast chicken cooked with Marmite was a winner – Marmite gave the chicken depth of flavour and we didn't really get a distinctive Marmitey taste once it was cooked […]
- 2011, Michael Wright, Je't Aime la Folie, page 301:
- This long, dark cattle-shed is littered with jars of noxious chemicals, viscous brown liquids that reek of concentrated Prep School, and various rusted tins, scarily encrusted with Marmitey goop.
- (informal) Such that one either loves or hates it; polarizing.
- 2013, Liz Hall, Mindful Coaching: How Mindfulness can Transform Coaching Practice:
- 'Not all of them were engaged but most of them got a lot out of it. It was quite a challenge, it's a bit "Marmitey", some people loved it and said it was brilliant; some people loved Michael and the idea of it but said “It's not for me,”' said Sally Bonneywell, vice president, coaching.