vegephobia

vegephobia

English

Etymology

vegetable + -phobia

Noun

vegephobia (uncountable)

1. The fear or dislike of vegetables.
   • 1997, Mary Carroll, "The High Five", Vegetarian Times, March 1997, 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 (2010), →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)