abur cubur - junk food

Abur cubur
1) Turkish definition
Yararlı olup olmadığı düşünülmeksizin rast gele yenen, yemek yerini tutmayan yiyecekler.
2) English definition
The food that people eat randomly and without thinking if it is beneficial or not, and does not replace the meal.


--> Now one of the parents don't like the idea to call them junk food and give them to kids; then the other comes and say;
"Ne diye çocukların karnını abur cuburla doyuruyorsun?"
Why are you filling the kids' stomach with the junk food? (I'm almost sure that this has been a true story in many families. 'Ne diye' is the reproaching way of asking 'why'.)

some other examples
Doktorlar abur cubur gıdalardan uzak durmamızı tavsiye ediyorlar.
The doctors suggest us to keep ourselves away from the junk food.

Film izlerken yemek için biraz abur cubur alalım.
Let's buy some junk food to eat with the movie. (...eat while watching movie)

Küçük çocuklar abur cubura bayılır fakat anne ve babalar genellikle yemelerine izin vermezler.
The young kids love the junk food but the mothers and the fathers usually do not let them to eat.

En sevdiğin abur cubur hangisi?
Which one is your favorite junk food?

Yetişkin olmanın en büyük avantajlarından biri de istediğin kadar abur cubur yiyebilmektir.
The biggest advantages of being adult is that to be able to eat junk food as much as you want.
Sizin fikriniz nedir?/Siz ne düşünüyorsunuz? What do you think?