I just came across the word “vegangelical” in an New York Times article about dietary differences among couples.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/13\/dining\/13incompatible.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s the relevant quote:<\/p>\n 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. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe have this little dance we\u2019ve choreographed in the kitchen,\u201d 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.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not a vegangelical,\u201d<\/strong> she said. \u201cHe\u2019s an adult and I respect his choices just as he respects mine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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… Continue reading Today’s word: “vegangelical”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[639],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5805,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}