Neologism ahoy!

[flewellyn]

So, my friend Kitling (not her real name) mentioned that she ate fish and fowl, but not pork or beef. And she said "There needs to be a word for 'eats fish and fowl but not beef or pork'".

My idea: "nonmammaltarian!"

Comments

[happiestsadist.livejournal.com]

I'm aware of those terms. And always a bit annoyed at the folks who keep trying to call themselves vegetarians when they're not.

Part of me thinks there should be a term for people like Flew described (and I think "nonmammaltarian" is at least really funny), on the other hand, part of me just thinks "Isn't "no pork or red meat" good enough?"

[nimbrethil.livejournal.com]

I know. I have a friend who says to people, "I don't eat beef," and people actually ask her if she's a vegetarian. She's always, "No. Didn't say I don't eat meat. Said I don't eat beef."

[happiestsadist.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Which is really strange to me, but it does happen a lot.