Pollo-pescetarian (AKA pesco-pollotarian, pollo-pesco-vegetarian, demi-vegetarian) is an obscure way to refer to redmeat (all mammal meat) abstinence.
“Pollo” is Italian for “chicken” (“pollame” is poultry so “polla” would be precise). “Pescetarian” is borrowed from the term describing incorporating seafood into an otherwise vegetarian diet (modern term but centuries-old practice).
Due to seafood being a separate food group than meat in culinary & health contexts pescetarians were often conflated with vegetarians before their own term existed. Whether seafood is usually counted as a meat in general-context varies w/ region, age, culture & religion.
Labeling oneself a pollo-pescetarian may be met with scrutiny & negativity. This can be because:
•The word is unknown and long-winded
•It’s less simple than saying “No red meat”
•Respecting red meat abstinence only as a “transitional step” not as its own end goal
•Accepting a new label often entails a degree of perceived difficulty &/or novelty (also why people who identify as flexitarian get mocked). Limiting red meat is common, chicken is the #1 meat in America & eaten daily and is always available
•Vegetarians may resent the label if they interpret it as an attempt to be perceived as similar to them. The public may resent it if they judge it as an attempt to distance oneself from other meat-eaters to feel special
“Pollo” is Italian for “chicken” (“pollame” is poultry so “polla” would be precise). “Pescetarian” is borrowed from the term describing incorporating seafood into an otherwise vegetarian diet (modern term but centuries-old practice).
Due to seafood being a separate food group than meat in culinary & health contexts pescetarians were often conflated with vegetarians before their own term existed. Whether seafood is usually counted as a meat in general-context varies w/ region, age, culture & religion.
Labeling oneself a pollo-pescetarian may be met with scrutiny & negativity. This can be because:
•The word is unknown and long-winded
•It’s less simple than saying “No red meat”
•Respecting red meat abstinence only as a “transitional step” not as its own end goal
•Accepting a new label often entails a degree of perceived difficulty &/or novelty (also why people who identify as flexitarian get mocked). Limiting red meat is common, chicken is the #1 meat in America & eaten daily and is always available
•Vegetarians may resent the label if they interpret it as an attempt to be perceived as similar to them. The public may resent it if they judge it as an attempt to distance oneself from other meat-eaters to feel special
Frank: “I won’t eat pork or beef but I do eat chicken, turkey, fish and shrimps very often — some people call it being a pollo-pescetarian”
Alexis: “Who exactly? Who has ever called it that?”
Frank: “I saw it online okay? Leave me alone. I can call myself what i want”.
Alexis: “Who exactly? Who has ever called it that?”
Frank: “I saw it online okay? Leave me alone. I can call myself what i want”.
by IbreathAir October 28, 2022
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The most delicious and savory fried chicken restaurant chain, found only in certain cities. An international brand originated in Guatemala. The perfect blend between fast food and latin-based platters.
You need to try Pollo Campero. They have the best chicken wings you’ll ever try.
I like Pollo Campero better than KFC. It’s so delicious.
I like Pollo Campero better than KFC. It’s so delicious.
by elvetto November 22, 2021
Get the Pollo Campero mug.A Vegetarian, who is in a sense only half vegeterian. They will eat chicken, and occasionally fish, but no pork or beef. They are not a vegetarian, but more like a person who perfers not to eat red meat. (However, the fact the McDonalds hamburgers are made out of rats, i'm sure they can eat those.)
"Are you going to get the steak?" "No, i'm a vegeterian. I'm going to get the chicken salad." most pollo-vegetarians call themselves a pollo=vegetarian, but if they call themselves a normal vegetarian, and then eat chicken. slap them please.
by shellshock96 September 12, 2006
Get the Pollo-Vegetarian mug.Someone who eats chicken but not red meat such as anything from a cow or pig. Since they do eat some form of meat, they are not true vegetarians, and the preferred term is Pollotarianist.
Fred called himself a Pollo-vegetarian, when he should have called himself a Pollotarianist since he eats chicken.
by Justin. B February 11, 2008
Get the Pollo-vegetarian mug.someone who claims to be vegetarian, yet still eats chicken (or fish) because they think that if a cow is an animal, a chicken is a plant. these people are a disgrace to the vegetarian community, and only make everyone stupider. if you eat any animal and use the word 'vegetarian' to describe your diet, you should be hit by a bus.
"i was starting to like betsy. she's cute, likes good music, and sayd she was a vegetarian. but on our date, she ordered a chicken salad, so i slapped her and drove home"
by emohammers December 13, 2003
Get the Pollo-Vegetarian mug.Bullshit term for someone does not eat red meat or fish. Yet on ocasion they sneak the ocasional McDonald's Hamburger and bacon stirp. This is a key sign that they are not vegetarian in any way!
by Anonymous October 15, 2003
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