Today's word: "vegangelical"

[modernwizard]

I just came across the word "vegangelical" in an New York Times article about dietary differences among couples.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/dining/13incompatible.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Here's the relevant quote:

Dynise Balcavage, 42, an associate creative director at an advertising agency and vegan who lives in Philadelphia, said she has been happily married to her omnivorous husband, John Gatti, 53, for seven years.

“We have this little dance we’ve choreographed in the kitchen,” she said. She prepares vegan meals and averts her eyes when he adds anchovies or cheese. And she does not show disapproval when he orders meat in a restaurant.

“I’m not a vegangelical,” she said. “He’s an adult and I respect his choices just as he respects mine.”

A "vegangelical" is a zealous vegan who wants to convert others to his or her dietary habits. It's a clever neologism for a certain subset of those who practice veganism.

Comments

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Hah. That's like what the boy and I do. Although he usually orders vegan dishes when we eat out together so that we can share.

That said I do want to convert others, but getting on their case is not really a good way to do so.