food faddist
- noun
- /fuːd ˈfædɪst/
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aficionado a las dietas
- He is known as a food faddist who is always experimenting with the latest diet trends.
Examples
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As a food faddist, she constantly talks about the benefits of each new diet she tries.
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She is a real food faddist who tries every new diet.
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The food faddist abandoned her low-carb plan after only a week.
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Many food faddists jump from one trend to another each month.
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As a food faddist, she often jumps from one trendy diet to another, never sticking with any for long.
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The food faddist was always trying the latest superfoods, claiming each one was the solution to better health.
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Many food faddists follow influencers online, eagerly adopting new eating plans that promise quick results.
Synonyms
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A person who follows things like fashion or diets that are popular for a short time
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'food' specifies the domain and 'faddist' denotes a person who follows temporary trends, so the phrase denotes a person who follows food-related fads. This pattern of noun + faddist (or domain + follower) is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun food faddist comes from food + faddist, where a faddist is someone who follows a 'fad', a fashion that lasts only for a short time. Imagine a person who jumps from one trendy diet to the next; that's why food faddist means someone who often switches to new diets.