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gospelmonger Explained

gospelmonger at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Etymology

Inter: suffix » gospel|monger

Noun

Inter: en-nou » n
  • Inter: rare » derogatory One who peddles the gospel; a Bible thumper.
    1. Inter: quote-news » year=2007|date=January 10|author=Anne Mendelson|title=At the Temples of Food, an Outsider’s Look at the Sacred Texts|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/dining/10book.html


    |passage=Mr. Glassner’s latest book, “The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food is Wrong” (Ecco/HarperCollins $25.95), posits that misguided (and misguiding) gospelmongers are persuading Americans to eat according to ever more irrational notions and sillier motivations.