Monday word: cocovore

[ersatz-read.livejournal.com]

cocovore (kō′kə-vôr) noun

One who eats only coconuts.

I ran across this word in an NPR article on August Engelhardt.
The cold of Wisconsin in January, on my first day back at work after a long vacation,
seems like the perfect time to reference a story about moving to a tropical island to start a nudist sun-worshipping cult.

Note:  the Wikipedia article (mostly) spells it 'cocoivore'.  So I did some searching on both spellings, as well as cocovorism/cocoivorism.  I see more support for the spelling without the 'i', but possibly both are correct.

Comments

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Awesome. In e(i)ther spelling.

---L.

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

A diet of just coconuts would lead to a lot of diarrhea, which might be awesome in ways one would prefer not to be in awe of.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Heh.

And, heh.