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  • August 5, 2006 at 3:34 pm #2540983
    lunasatic
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    Gee, I resemble that remark!

  • August 5, 2006 at 3:34 pm #2540984
    Rick F.
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    The Oxford English Dictionary’s word for 2006.08.05 is "foodism." Do we all qualify? I’ll admit that I probably do, and by their definition (below) I don’t mind! (Emphases mine)
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    foodism, n. DRAFT ENTRY Mar. 2005

    orig. U.S.

    Brit. /fudz()m/, U.S. /fudz()m/ [< FOOD n. + -ISM. Cf. FOODIST n.]

    A keen or exaggerated interest in food, esp. in the minute details of the preparation, presentation, and consumption of food.

    1930 Nashua (Iowa) Reporter 1 Jan. 2/1 The American Medical Journal asserts that  fadism [sic] has no place in foodism , but the point is that foodism has a place in slimism. 1984 A. BARR & P. LEVY Official Foodie Handbk. 6/1 Foodism crosses all boundaries and is understood in all languages. 1995 Spectator 28 Jan. 42/2 After the rococo curlicues of late-Eighties foodism, one can see why there’s been such a swing towards plain talking about food that hasn’t been mucked about with. 2004 Reno (Nevada) Gaz.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 Apr. 2E,  Quality over quantity , after all, is the first commandment of foodism.

  • August 5, 2006 at 7:28 pm #324314
    Rick F.
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    “Foodists”?

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