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How about playing off trout genera, Salmo, Oncorhynchus or Salvelinus with a negative pre- or suf-fix? The first page resopnse the a Google query "trout Austria" (arguably) points toward the brown trout, Salmo trutta.

The caller wasn't so much against the "Trout" as he was for anything else. So the against fixes like anti-, -phobe or even mis- don't seem right. Maybe a simple exclusionary un-?

Unsalmo
Unoncorhynchus
Unsalvelinical

I like the middle one. It has overtones of 'encore,' 'chord,' 'synchrony,' and even 'Kronos!'

But I don't get a vote.

Cheers,
Fred

sharonbaker said:

Can you let me know what happen[s] if we don't eat fish….

I suppose nothing happens, really. But most of my favorite dishes involve some kind of seafood, so I think you're missing out on some of the best flavors in the world. Taste is subjective, though, so I'm sure you're probably happy with other dishes. I could never do it, however. No Maryland crab cakes (not fish, per se, I know)? No Baja-style fish tacos? No Mediterranean frutta di mare pot? No grilled tuna collar? No fried haddock on sourdough? No hamachi sashimi? I would be terribly sad about the loss of any of those.

Also, make sure you get your Omega fatty acids somewhere if you don't eat fish. They're good for the heart and the mind. Eat flax seed, grass-fed beef (good for CLAs as well), and free-range chicken eggs. Or at least take supplements.

Anyway, I would offer the unwieldy "anapescan-omnivore" as an unlikely option. Or one could say, "I don't eat fish." I think the latter is stronger.

"I'll eat anything you put in front of my nose." – Anapestan Omnivore

Let me guess. Your favorite is fettucine alfredo with shrimp.

By the way, does anyone else think that sharonbaker is a bot? Is it just me?

I met a girl in my boarding school glory days who only ate animals that lived on the land, this eliminating all seafood. She coined herself a "Landitarian".