salad dodger

See also: salad-dodger

English

WOTD – 19 June 2012

Etymology

From idea that such a person avoids salads in favour of unhealthy or fattening foods.

Pronunciation

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Noun

salad dodger (plural salad dodgers)

1. (informal, derogatory) An overweight person.
   • 2011, Jordan Gray, Submerged: A Blackpool Mystery, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 205:

     And then some salad dodger on the construction crew stuck his gut in the way trying to make peace.

2. (informal) One who does not normally eat salad.
   • 2006, Danna Korn, Living Gluten-Free For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:

     Whether you’re a salad-dodger or suffering from orthorexia (an extreme desire to eat only health foods), eating gluten-free nutritiously is simple but not plain.

Synonyms

• (overweight person): see also Thesaurus:fat person.

Translations

overweight person

• Finnish: punkero (fi)
• Russian: толстя́к (ru) (tolstják)

one who does not normally eat salad

• German: Salatverschmäher m