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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Flexitarians #125346 03/17/2004 5:51 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA According to an article published today by the Associated Press, there are a large number of people who eat a mostly vegetarian diet, supplemented occasionally with meat. The article describes these folks thus: "These so-called 'flexitarians' — a term voted most useful word of 2003 by the American Dialect Society — are motivated less by animal rights than by a growing body of medical data that suggests health benefits from eating more vegetarian foods." I went to the website of the American Dialect Society to see (1) if there was such a critter and (2) if they vote about new words and (3) if "flexitarian" was one of those words. http://www.americandialect.org/ And the answers are yup, yup and yup. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexitarians #125347 03/17/2004 10:05 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont huh. I thought it was a rogue band of Rotarians who perform community service through yoga... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexitarians #125348 03/17/2004 12:00 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 ... or blonde, white people who stand there, making their biceps bulge? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexitarians #125349 03/17/2004 1:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York ... or Unitarians who change their views a lot? that was affectionately for you, eta Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: holy moly... #125350 03/17/2004 1:27 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Unitarians even better! thanks, Anna! though I'm more of a Universalist... <wink> formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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