Junk Food

Definition: Food that has little or no nutritional value, usually high in fat and calories; sweet or fried snacks like candy and potato chips.
Example: 1) If you want to lose weight, you should stop eating so much junk food.
Etymology: 'Junk' refers to old, broken things, or worthless objects. So 'junk food' is food that has no value for your body.

Jumpy

 

Definition: Nervous or apprehensive; afraid that something bad will happen.
Example: 1) I'm always a little bit jumpy when I walk by the graveyard at night.

2) Rachel sure is jumpy today. I said 'hello' and she nearly hit the ceiling!
Etymology: To 'jump' means to move into the air by springing or leaping up, so someone who is 'jumpy' is on the edge of leaping into the air in surprise or fear.
Synonyms:

jittery

Bluesky