vegephobia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]vegephobia (uncountable)
- (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)