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Word on the Street

A Portland Glossary.

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Vaguen noun

Individual or group—unsurprisingly common in Portland—dabbling in vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free eating, but refusing to commit to a dietary status.

Who invited all these vaguens to the barbecue? Now I have to buy flank steak and tempeh.” See also: bicuriosity, “My Other Car Is a Bicycle” bumper stickers, Possibilians.

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Published: August 2011

 

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