carrot cruncher

9.8

A person who mainly eats healthy food like vegetables

noun
/ˈkærət ˈkrʌntʃər/

Slang

: vegetariano

Since turning vegan, he's become quite the carrot cruncher.

Examples

The new nutritionist is a real carrot cruncher who recommends lots of vegetables.
They teased her for being a carrot cruncher when she brought a salad to the barbecue.
They teased her for being a carrot cruncher at the barbecue.
He's such a carrot cruncher!
My friend is a real carrot cruncher who loves salads.
Since turning vegan, he's become quite the carrot cruncher due to his love for healthy foods.
The new nutritionist is a real carrot cruncher who encourages everyone to eat more vegetables.

Synonyms

bean eater

vscarrot cruncher

1 6.9

A person who eats mostly plants and simple foods without meat

focuses on healthy foods, especially vegetables, rather than frugality or strict plant diets

muesli muncher

vscarrot cruncher

Informal

9.1

A person who often eats muesli for a healthy breakfast

focuses on healthy eating broadly rather than one particular food

yoghurt-knitter

vscarrot cruncher

Offensive

9.9

A person who cares a lot about eating healthy food, said as a joke

is a casual term for someone who simply eats mostly healthy foods

How Health-Conscious

carrot cruncher

Slang

9.8

grazer

1 4.9

Surface Forms

carrot cruncher singular

carrot crunchers plural

Morphology

carrot + cruncher

The phrase is compositionally built from 'carrot' and 'cruncher', so a B1 learner who knows those words will readily infer it refers to someone who crunches/eats carrots. However, the broader sense 'a person who eats mainly healthy food' is a somewhat figurative/generalized extension of the literal reading and is not fully predictable without exposure, making the transparency partial.

Etymology

The joking name carrot cruncher comes from the simple picture of someone loudly biting a raw carrot, a cruncher of vegetables. So it is a playful name for someone who 'eats mainly healthy food, especially vegetables'.