Soupy

Soupy is an English adjective meaning resembling or containing soup. In culinary contexts it describes a food texture that is liquid-based or broth-like, often indicating that the dish has a noticeable amount of liquid. The term can carry different nuances depending on context, sometimes suggesting a dish is too watery or lacking body, while in other cases simply noting a soup-like consistency.

In addition to food, soupy is used metaphorically to describe weather or atmosphere that feels thick, humid, or heavy, such as a soupy mid-afternoon or a soupy fog. This sense conveys a sense of closeness or suffocation created by moisture in the air.

Etymology traces soupy to the noun soup with the suffix -y, forming an adjective that characterizes something as being like soup. The usage is informal and more common in colloquial speech than in formal writing.

Notable uses include the nickname Soupy, most prominently associated with Soupy Sales, an American comedian and television personality (born Milton Supman, 1926–2009), who hosted the children's program Lunch with Soupy. The name has appeared in various other informal contexts as a lighthearted nickname for people perceived as friendly or plucky, or as a playful reference to the dish itself.

Overall, soupy functions as a casual descriptor for texture or atmosphere, and as a cultural nickname in certain contexts, rather than a formal culinary or scientific term.