to femivores add hegans

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/25/2010 09:54 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 9:33 AM -0400 3/25/10, Amy West wrote:
>>Spotted this in yesterday's Globe but didn't get a chance to post at
>>all yesterday, skimmed the digests this morning and didn't see it
>>mentioned, thought I had scoop, but went into my browser and now see
>>that it's up on LanguageLog already (rats!), but there isn't a link
>>to the original Globe story, so here it is:
>>
>>http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/03/24/men_leave_their_own_mark_on_veganism/
>Interesting.  Apparently I've missed "femivore" too, which I'd have
>parsed differently from what I assume is the intended meaning.  A
>femivore is not, I now conclude, a reformed man-eating tiger that now
>eschews males or an omnivore who has decided to specialize in
>consuming only female animals and vegetables, including those
>lobsters with roe.

I have assumed a "femivore" was a voracious female hunting the right
X-ivore diet.  Most likely vegivire (vegan), perhaps with
modifications.  But we have our opportunities -- I don't
see"femivore" or "vegivore" in Urban Dictionary yet.

Joel

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