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the word that makes gossip, fruit, and steak all sound dangerously alive

means Full of juice, or by extension richly interesting, lucrative, or scandalously appealing.

from From 'juice' (Middle English 'jus,' borrowed from Old French and ultimately Latin 'ius,' meaning broth, sauce, or liquid) plus the adjective ending '-y.' The literal sensedripping with liquid, as in a peach or a roastcame first; the figurative leap to 'juicy gossip' and 'a juicy deal' is a much later flowering, where the idea of something rich and saturated got applied to anything pleasurably full of substance.

gossip slangMeaning scandalous since at least the 1880s
steak mythSearing seals nothing; juices escape anyway
couture brandVelour tracksuits ruled early 2000s closets
root wordFrom Latin jus, meaning broth or sauce
watermelon truthIt is about 92 percent water
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