vegephobia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vegetable + -phobia

Noun[edit]

vegephobia (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The fear or dislike of vegetables.
    • 1997 March, Mary Carroll, “The High Five”, in Vegetarian Times, page 52:
      We may even carry some "vegephobia" with us from childhood, remembering Mom and those lima beans.
    • 2010, Beth Bader, Ali Benjamin, The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Eaters One Meal at a Time, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
      Whether you have your own “vegephobia” to overcome or want to prepare family meals that everyone will eat, it's time to meet your vegetables all over again — and fall in love this time.
    • 2013, Mark Allerton, "Apart from shortness, vegephobia and addiction to technology, how are children different?", in Children's Court of NSW Resource Handbook, →ISBN, page 23 (used in title only)
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