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Fletcherism

Fletcherism noun: a dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.

Noun

Fletcherism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
    • Once upon a time, there was a man named Thomas Edison, and he invented the dictating machine and the fluoroscope...and the repeating telegraph. And he was a firm believer in Fletcherism...and he played the organ and his favorite flower was the heliotrope.1998 September 20, John Swartzwelder, “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace”, in The Simpsons, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta), production code 5F21

Origin of Fletcherism

From Fletcher + -ism, after Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American health-food enthusiast of the Victorian era.

Questions about Fletcherism

What does Fletcherism mean?
Fletcherism means a dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
What part of speech is Fletcherism?
Fletcherism is a noun.

Words near Fletcherism in the dictionary

  1. Fletcher checksums
  2. Fletcher's checksum
  3. Fletcher's checksums
  4. Fletcherian
  5. Fletcherians
  6. Fletcherism
  7. Fletcherist
  8. Fletcherists
  9. fletcherite
  10. fletcherites
  11. fletcherize

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