"Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year

[Michael H Covarrubias]

herbivore already does the trick.

Quoting Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>:
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> If there's carnivore and omnivore, then there should be, of course,
> vegivore.

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> > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:40:31 -0500
> > Poster: Charles Doyle
> > Subject: Re: "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
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> > Carnivore: "one who vores carnally"?
> >
> > --Charlie
> > _____________________________________________________________
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> >
> > ---- Original message ----
> >>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:32:51 -0500
> >>From: Wilson Gray
> >>
> >>Locavore: "one who vores locally"! Okay, now I get it. There are are some
> cases in which it's necessary *not* to have had the benefit of a classical
> education.
> >>
> >>-Wilson
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