This week’s theme
Blend words

This week’s words
staycation
orature
pennant
flexitarian
bromance

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(flek-suh-TAYR-ee-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: One who follows a primarily vegetarian diet but occasionally consumes animal products.
adjective: Primarily but not completely vegetarian.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of flexible + vegetarian. Earliest documented use: 1998.

USAGE:

“38% of American consumers said that they guzzle plant-based milk, but only 12% did so exclusively. The others were flexitarian, drinking both moo juice and the nutty or beany variety.”
Fake Moos; The Economist (London, UK); Oct 12, 2019.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: