to femivores add hegans

[Alison Murie]

On Mar 25, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> 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:
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>>> 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.
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> 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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"Femivore" has got to mean female-eating.  Might be a good thing to
promote among deer hunters & state game departments in the east, where
the deer populations are getting far too big.
AM

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