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Carnivore

One who truly cares for plant life by consuming the consumpters of the plants.
The carnivore sunk his teeth deep into the juicy steak. In doing this, he saved another patch of grass.
by Dutchinater December 16, 2008
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carnivorous

meat-eater,flesh eating animal
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Lions and tigers are carnivorous.
A hawk and falcon are aloso carnivorous animals.
by Cassidt Thirtin November 21, 2006
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Carnival Calypso

This is where you will be at a Carnival/Festival and you see a really attractive lady and you defecate in her mouth in public and then you receive a fellatio with her shit stained teeth.
I was sitting on the grass at a Festival and saw people were actually doing the Carnival Calypso
by Craig4who August 26, 2009
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Carnism

The outdated belief system or ideology under which humans are entitled to eat and exploit any kind of animal they like, due to their greater intelligence and so-called superiority; the diametric of veganism.
Vegan: Why would we kill animals if we don't need to?
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Carnist: Humans are superior to animals!
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Vegan: Wasn't that the same mentality of the Nazis toward the Jews?
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Carnist: Animals are not the same as humans!
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Vegan: Yes, but our ability to suffer is the same. Isn't that what counts?
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Carnist: Well, you are right about that, but humans are more intelligent than animals.
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A conversation in which carnism was displayed.
by Banana Hunter December 9, 2019
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shit carnival

Used to denote an atmosphere of confusion and extreme workload in an office environment. Is offen used in alert level notices.
NOC Current Alert Level: Shit Carnival
by Renton December 3, 2004
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Carnation

the cheaper, overlooked cousin to the Rose; its colors play a large role in its meaning; also known as "the common man's rose"
"What the hell, man...I said ROSES you idiot!"
"Hey, the lady told me they were. So...they're not supposed to look like that...?"
"What do you think! Those are carnations!"
by Xelan Ikase February 16, 2013
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Carnist

Is someone who has been conditioned to believe that harming and exploiting certain animals (typically contingent on the specific culture one grew up in) isn't morally irresponsible. "Carnist" isn't intended to be a derogatory or pejorative term. "Carnist" stems from the term "carnism", a concept developed by Melanie Joy, PhD.

Carnism, similarly to veganism, describes the underlying ideology in which a person views their own relationship to animals (other than the human variety). Where veganism eschews arbitrary differences like intelligence and species in regards to moral consideration for sentient individuals, carnism relies on these and other arbitrary differences in order to rationalize the harming of certain other-than-human animals.

Carnist is most often used to refer to a person's eating habits but since veganism isn't about diet per se, carnism also isn't about diet per se and pertains to any form of exploitation upon other-than-human animals.
"Before I understood that there's no biological requirement for animal products in the human body, I was a carnist raised in the U.S. who ate animals like chickens, pigs, and aquatic animals because that's how I was raised. But of course, during that time in my life I frowned upon people who would eat even a single dog or a cat"
by SexyVegan January 7, 2018
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