Vegetarian/vegan who obnoxiously promotes their lifestyle and tries to convert everyone to it. Usually an animal-rights activist who wears t-shirts made from bamboo and drives a hybrid. Can be seen at the grocery store giving a dirty look to everyone in the meat section, and overheard in the organic foods aisle discussing soy ice cream and pesticides.
Those browsing the web for cute animal photos should be wary of coming across vegangelist propaganda, which may contain gruesome imagery and inflated egos."
"I like going out to dinner, but my girlfriend's a vegangelist and if she sees someone ordering a steak, that'll be all she talks about."
"This guy at my job is such a vegangelist--he thinks that just because I'm a vegetarian, I want to commiserate about inhumane slaughterhouse procedures."
A fundamentalistvegan who goes around proselytizing vegetarians and omnivores.
A vegan intolerant of any other diet, or anyone who adheres to a diet other than a vegan diet.
Dynise Balcavage, a vegan, regarding her omnivore husband: “I’m not a vegangelical,” she said. “He’s an adult and I respect his choices just as he respects mine.”
-"I Love You, but You Love Meat"
New York Times, February 13, 2008
A vegan who thinks that any other lifestyle choice besides veganism is wrong; one who similarly pushes veganism on others, often in a proselytizing way.
"I’m not a vegangelical," Dynise said. “John’s an adult and I respect his choices to eat meat, just as he respects mine.”