Flexitarian Edit Meaning

1.

some one who essentially eats just vegetables (as well as fish, eggs & milk) who's not too uptight about eating meat ocaisionally as a matter of convenience; a lenient vegetarian

Rather than offend his hosts, he ate a good-sized portion of the spaghetti a la carbonara they offered rather than making a meal out of salad, bread & dessert. Why go hungry? I'm a flexitarian.

2.

an omnivore who maintains a predominantly plant-based diet, but continues to eat animals (including fowl and sea animals).

Although Julie eats lots of nuts, legumes, fruits, and vegetables in her daily diet, she is a self-proclaimed flexitarian who will periodically eat fish or chicken.

See Beagle

3.

1) a pretend vegetarian

2) one who claims to be vegetarian, but eats meat when it's "convenient" (see faketarian)

Jesse: I went to Ashe's house for dinner, they were having chicken and rice.

Rodney: So you went hungry, right?

Jesse: No, I'm a flexitarian when i need to be.

Rodney: More like faketarian.

See faketarian, vegetarian, poseur, fake, carnivore

4.

a vegetarian that sometimes eats meat or fish

Peter was lying about being a vegetarian;he is actually a flexitarian.i saw him eating turkey on Christmas day!!!

See vegetarian, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit

5.

Someone who eats both vegetables and meat but tries to eat vegetarian/vegan sometimes for health and/or environmental reasons.

Chelsea is a flexitarian. She ate fried pepperoni on her Birthday.

See vegetarian, vegan, fruitarian, carnivore, omnivore, bananas

6.

A silly word to categorise people whose eating habits don't already fit into a category but desperately want to belong to a label.

Me? I'm flexitarian. It's like a vegetarian, but I eat meat too.

7.

Somebody who pretends to be a vegetarian, but eats meat when they think no body is watching.

Hayley tried to make us become vegetarians, but then I saw her eating all this veal! What a flexitarian!

See vegetarian, food, omnivore, herbivore