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Someone who loves animals so much they refuse to eat their friends or their friends' milk.
means A person who avoids eating or using any animal products — no meat, dairy, eggs, or honey — for ethical, environmental, or health reasons.
from Coined in 1944 in England, when Donald Watson and a small group split off from the Vegetarian Society because they felt vegetarianism didn't go far enough — it still allowed milk and eggs. Watson took the first three and last two letters of 'vegetarian' — veg + an — to name the stricter path, saying it marked 'the beginning and end of vegetarian.'
- term origin
- coined 1944, from 'vegetarian' start and end letters
- B12 reality
- needs supplements, since bacteria make it, not plants
- honey debate
- splits the community, bees have strong opinions too