There are several "Rachael Rayisms" (I think she coined the term herself), and we all have our favorite. Or should I say our least favorite of all the ones we don't like.
Mine used to be "EVOO," but that has become such a part of the everyday food lexicon that I consider it a real food term now and not just something that Ray says (in fact, I believe the Oxford Dictionary just added it?). I'm gonna go with "Delish," because it embodies everything that's silly about the worst cooking shows and just overall lameness. Plus she says it in that new Christmas Dunkin' Donuts commercial and it drives me nuts. Other phrases she uses: "You guys!," "Parmigiano Reggiano," "awesome," and the classic "Yum-O."
To get you in the mood, after the jump, 2 minutes and 46 seconds of Rachael Ray saying "mmmmmmm."
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12-11-2007 @ 12:53PM
Christopher Finke said...
It's got to be "Yum-O;" nothing else stacks up in terms of making me want to stab out my eardrums.
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12-11-2007 @ 12:55PM
totoro said...
The problem isn't her using "EVOO" as an abbreviation..the problem is that EVERY TIME she uses "EVOO" as an abbreviation, she has to explain what "EVOO" is an abbreviation of, thereby making the use of "EVOO" as an abbreviation not only useless, but just that much more annoying.
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12-11-2007 @ 1:09PM
rainey Smith said...
I wouldn't know. I've found her so annoying from the very beginning that I can't turn the channel fast enough at the first sound of her voice.
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12-11-2007 @ 1:09PM
Amber said...
This seems like a terribly rude post to me. It's annoying enough when posters start in on the bashing in the comments section, but when it spreads to the bloggers making a post about it? What happened to if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything?
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12-11-2007 @ 1:20PM
Miss Tiffie said...
yum-o and evoo make me cringe like no other.
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12-11-2007 @ 1:26PM
Mike M said...
My wife has begun using some of the "Rayism's" whenever she wants to get a rise out of me. "Delish" is worst, "Yum-O" is a close second.
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12-11-2007 @ 1:31PM
linda said...
sammies instead of sandwiches
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12-11-2007 @ 2:04PM
Carolyn said...
I second the whole "sammie" thing.
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12-11-2007 @ 2:12PM
slorgcatcher said...
i absolutely agree with totoro (and not just because he happens to be on my lunch box;)) the use of both the abbreviation and the explanation in the same sentence is painful. i will now take amber's advice and leave it at that.
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12-11-2007 @ 2:22PM
Felicia said...
I hate Yum-O, sammies and stoup( a combination of stew and soup) . Why can't she just call it a hearty soup. Oh and delish. She bugs the crap out of me.
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12-11-2007 @ 3:06PM
Leslie Johnston said...
When I saw that Quiznos was airing commercials for its new flatbread "sammies" I was just about apoplectic: http://www.quiznos.com/menu/sammies.aspx
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12-11-2007 @ 3:07PM
nscheffey said...
This proves that Bob Sassone is the least knowledgeable person on Slashfood. "Parmigiano Reggiano" is not a "Rachel Rayism", it's possibly the most celebrated cheese ever. Can we get some bloggers who know what they are talking about?
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12-11-2007 @ 3:16PM
Bob Sassone said...
Oh I'm well aware that "parmigiano reggiano" is a real cheese, of course, but when SHE says it, it becomes an annoying Rayism.
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12-11-2007 @ 3:33PM
noza said...
C'mon, everyone knows the best way to watch Rachel is with the TV on "Mute".
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12-11-2007 @ 3:40PM
Michael Schmitt said...
You tell 'em Bob!!
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12-11-2007 @ 4:03PM
kevjohn said...
"Hi, I'm Rachel Ray."
After that, it's all downhill from there.
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12-11-2007 @ 4:08PM
Kent Mackey said...
SAMMIES, ftw! It used to be EVOO, and the whole explaining it thing. But I actually heard her just say EVOO the other day. With no explanation. I sat there waiting for it, but it never came. Someone must have finally told her. And god good nscheffey...did you really think Bob didn't know what Parmigiano Reggiano is? And have you ever heard Rachel say it?
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12-11-2007 @ 4:09PM
BlaughFan said...
Rachael Ray is one of the finer chefs alive today and I for one am completely offended and disgusted when people trash her for her Rayisms. Your children will be saying EVOO and yum-o, so stop being curmedgeons and join the Rachael Ray movement.
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12-11-2007 @ 4:20PM
mary said...
When she spills something, she has to grab her MOPPIE, aka a dish towel. Thank god she's quit throwing salt over her shoulder everytime she'd use some! Stoup, sammie, yummo if she wasn't screaming at you might not be so bad.
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12-11-2007 @ 5:04PM
Ryan said...
Yum-O. Nauseating.
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