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\nAt work we have quite a lot of random list-serv type “groups” that we can join. My coworker, who is a vegetarian like myself, has been a part of the vegetarians group for quite a while. On a whim, my another coworker and I joined the group yesterday as well.<\/p>\n
Let me say, it isn’t at all what I expected. I figured there might be two or three e-mails a week with tips on eating in the cafeteria, places in Seattle to eat, etc. Instead, I got something like 20 e-mails in the first day alone, with topics ranging from PETA’s recent crusade against Tyson<\/a> to raising kids vegetarian to trying to convert others to the blood type diet<\/a>.<\/p>\n These topics are all nice and fine to read about, but everything becomes a total flame war. People write huge multi-paragraph responses\/rebuttles to every e-mail. It is quite intense!<\/p>\n Nonetheless, I did manage to pick up something useful: the term veg*n<\/strong>. The * (asterisk)<\/a> in the middle is a wildcard symbol meaning “anything can go here,” so veg*n can refer to veg<\/strong>etarian<\/strong> or veg<\/strong>an<\/strong>. I love the term and intend to use it as often as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At work we have quite a lot of random list-serv type “groups” that we can join. My coworker, who is a vegetarian like myself, has been a part of the vegetarians group for quite a while. On a whim, my another coworker and I joined the group yesterday as well. Let me say, it isn’t … Continue reading Word of the Day: Veg*n<\/span>