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

[Tom Zurinskas]

If there's carnivore and omnivore, then there should be, of course, vegivore.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:40:31 -0500
> From: cdoyle at UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Charles Doyle
> Subject: Re: "Locavore" is Oxford Word-of-the-Year
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> Carnivore: "one who vores carnally"?
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> --Charlie
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>>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:32:51 -0500
>>From: Wilson Gray
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>>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.
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>>-Wilson
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