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chickenarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From chicken + -arian.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) Eating chicken and/or eggs, especially in conjunction with an otherwise vegetarian diet.
    • Most of the Turks are vegetarian and/or chickenarian (Chicken meat is preferred to red meat because of the price tags). 2005 March 26, Alistair Sim (quoting Baris Sanli), “Semranim for Dummies”, in soc.culture.turkish (Usenet):
    • Plus, there are salads for those who don't eat meat. As Nando's says: "Vegetarians are just as welcome as our Chickenarian customers. 2008 January 16, J. Smith, “Hot chicks”, in Gulf News:
    • For me, I could not give a stuff who is vegetarian, chickenarian or what. It is up to them, just hope they make a good judgement. 2000 August 4, JAID [username], “Re: Lighten up”, in alt.food.vegan (Usenet):

chickenarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From chicken + -arian.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A person who has such a diet.

Forms

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