OT: Re: George Lakoff (and others) on "foodie"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/2/2014 10:03 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>Why do you say "crackpot"?

1)  Because one often cracks pots (open)?
2)  Because I'd sign up too?

Joel


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>On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
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> > On 7/2/14, 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > > Poole too prefers "foodist", which he says was "used from the late
> > > 19th century for hucksters selling fad diets (which is quite apt)." He
> > > sardonically describes a foodist as one who "operates under the
> > > prejudices of a governing ideology, viewing the whole world through
> > > the grease-smeared lenses of a militant eater."
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> > > --bgz
> > I use "Foodist" for my own personal crackpot religious movement, which
> > observes any holiday with food traditions associated with it, as
> > Hanukah, St. Lucia's Day, Epiphany-Mardi Gras (king cake season!),
> > Martinmas, St. Catherine's Day, Narwuz, etc.
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