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Originally Posted by haroldeye
Marmite is a yeast based spread. It has a strong taste and people either really like it or really dislike it. There is no middle ground.
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It has come into the language here following an advertising campaign that used the line "you either love it or hate it". The idea rang very true - people either adore it or pull a face and say "yuck!" So now the term "marmite" or "marmite thing" has become a way to describe those things that starkly divide us.
It is actually industrial waste of sorts - the dregs left over from brewing. A "marmite" itself is actually the type of earthenware pot pictured on the label.