salad dodger

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salad dodger

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

noun salad dodgers

  1. derogatory, informal An overweight person. 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. 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.

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noun overweight person

Русскийтолстя́к tolstják

noun one who does not normally eat salad

DeutschSalatverschmäher

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@misc{salad_dodger_2026,
  title = {salad dodger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salad%20dodger},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}