Nikki in Northampton, Massachusetts, disagrees with her teenage daughter about the word beef, as in to have a beef, meaning “to have a problem with someone or something.” Nikki uses the word a before the word beef, but her daughter omits that...
lo-vegetarian n.— «Gradually, “lacto-ovo vegetarians” grouped and shortened their title to “vegetarian.” This is why I sometime use the term “lo-vegetarian” where the “lo” stands for “lacto-ovo.» —“Why vegetarianism is ethically the same as eating...
vegecurious adj.— «Tomerlin says about half of Spiral’s customers aren’t vegetarian, but folks she dubs “vegecurious” (sounds vaguely naughty). She advises first-timers to start with more entry-level dishes such as the taco salad or chopped...