to femivores add hegans

[Laurence Horn]

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.

LH

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