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samefood

samefood noun: a food that an autistic person eats frequently and sometimes exclusively, typically due to a need for routine or sensory issues related to taste, texture, etc.

Noun

samefood (countable and uncountable, plural samefoods)

  1. (autism) A food that an autistic person eats frequently and sometimes exclusively, typically due to a need for routine or sensory issues related to taste, texture, etc.
    • While samefoods and eating according to a routine often bring us comfort, we might want to venture beyond our comfort zone and try new foods too.2021, Haley Moss, The Young Autistic Adult's Independence Handbook, page 74
    • The rest of the day is a write-off and any dinner plans will have to be scrapped as I return to eating bland samefoods.2023, Fern Brady, Strong Female Character, unnumbered page

Verb

samefood (third-person singular simple present samefoods, present participle samefooding, simple past and past participle samefooded)

  1. (intransitive, autism) To eat the same food repeatedly for a long period because it feels safe and pleasant.
    • I have always samefooded, but until my diagnosis with autism, it was an oddity I was often mocked for. The more stressed I am, the more I samefood.2023 March 15, Jessica L Penot, “The New Language of Autism”, in Psychology Today, retrieved 23 Apr 2026

Forms of samefood

Noun
pluralsamefoods
Verb
third-person singular presentsamefoods
present participlesamefooding
past participlesamefooded
pastsamefooded

Origin of samefood

Compound of same + food.

Questions about samefood

What does samefood mean?
Samefood means a food that an autistic person eats frequently and sometimes exclusively, typically due to a need for routine or sensory issues related to taste, texture, etc.
What part of speech is samefood?
Samefood can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of samefood?
The plural of samefood is samefoods.

Words near samefood in the dictionary

  1. Sameera
  2. samefag
  3. samefagged
  4. samefagging
  5. samefags
  6. samefood
  7. samefooded
  8. samefooding
  9. samefoods
  10. samegrade
  11. samegrades

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