new (non-)coinage ("vagitarian")

[Rachel E. Shuttlesworth]

I have friends who refer to themselves as "freegan" and
as "opportunitarian", both meaning eating whatever is free or
available. Usually, these are said in response to the presumptive
question "Are you vegan or vegetarian?"
Rachel
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Dr. Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
University of Alabama English Department
Box 870244 • Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244
205.348.7616
rachel.e.shuttlesworth at ua.edu


Quoting Matthew Gordon <gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU>:

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> This coinage seems also to support the re-analysis of 'vegetarian'
> into
> 'vege + tarian' instead of 'veget-arian'. That is, '-tarian' seems
> to
> interpreted as a suffix meaning 'one who eats (only)'. Some further
> support
> for this might be found with 'pescatarian'. Something like
> 'fruitarian'
> doesn't help. Are there others?
>
> -Matt Gordon
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