grasseater

Meaning

Noun

  • A white person, especially an Irishman.
  • A law enforcement official who accepts bribes
  • A herbivore or similar grazing animal
  • A vegetarian or vegan
  • A person, especially a Japanese man, who is uninterested in sex or romance.

Origin

  • grass + eater. Originally in reference to the Irish potato famine, implying that grass was all the Irish had left in their diet.

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