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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Un-gourmet-tude #10020 11/08/00 08:08 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA A chum in the Mother Country wrote to me today: "As I have mentioned before, I am the very opposite of a gourmet, although I still have not found a word to describe that attribute." Can we help this poor fellow out? Is there an antonymn to gourmet? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10021 11/08/00 08:25 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Not that I know of. Though a decent complement to it is gourmand (that too would be me!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10022 11/08/00 09:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 How about "slob"? Lots of those here. More deep fried Mars Bars anyone? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10023 11/08/00 12:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Maybe ascetic partially fills the bill, or in a coarser vein: omnivore. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10024 11/08/00 12:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Couldn't he just say he has an eclectic taste? What's your Mother Country, if you don't mind? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10025 11/08/00 12:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 omnivore Sounds like a seefood diet, you see it you eat it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10026 11/08/00 01:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Panoptiphage? Phagomanist? Glutton? Vulgarvore? I give up... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10027 11/08/00 03:39 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass what, in the definition of gourmet, can we latch on to and oppose: one who enjoys food and drink with discrimation. I don't think we want someone who *hates food. one who *lacks discrimination? glutton, ravener, pantophagist, trencherman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Un-gourmet-tude #10028 11/08/00 03:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK How about one who is discriminating in disliking some food and drink: picky? pre-teen? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Mother Country #10029 11/08/00 07:34 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Jackie asks: "What's your Mother Country, if you don't mind?" I suspect that I have done an un-PC thing by assuming the vantage point of an (ugly) American and referring to Britain as "the Mother Country." To whom do I need to apologize? 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