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Old 05-Dec-2007, 03:07
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What do you call a person who loves eating a lot?
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A gourmand is one who loves to eat.
A gourmet is one who loves fine food.
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Oh thanks, but it's too formal I would think.
How about fairly informal terms for somone who eats like a horse.
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Greedy
Gluttonous


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Hi,

avaricious, covetous, craving, desirous, gormandizing, grasping, impatient, insatiable, greediness, piggishness, voracity, immoderate, unsatisfiable, unquenchable, hanker, guzzler, pig, connoisseur, epicure, epicurean, gastronome

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