Definition of foodie
:a person having an avid interest in the latest food fads
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Examples of foodie in a Sentence
The restaurant is very popular among foodies.
Recent Examples of foodie from the Web
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Foodies Catch a break on your dining tab during Lockport Restaurant Week Sept. 3 to 10.
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For foodies: cupcake, sliced bagel, mango and a salt shaker.
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The restaurant features the award-winning executive chef, Fritz Zwahien, who creates the most delicious seasonal cuisine for both foodies and the health-conscious alike.
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Even trend-chasing foodies usually don’t get fired up about pressure cookers, but the Instant Pot is an exception, with more than 19,000 reviews on Amazon, most of them raves.
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But the Free Press and the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers have a great option for foodies: the Top 10 Takeover dining series.
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But the Free Press and the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers have a great option for foodies: the Top 10 Takeover dining series.
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The article also highlights Walker's favorite meal – a brown bag lunch containing a ham and cheese sandwich, which might pale in comparison to artsy foodie Instagram accounts.
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Hot dogs are a blank canvas that can satisfy any foodie.
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Did You Know?
Foodie is a relatively recent addition to our language (dating from the early 1980s), but it derives from a much older word, food, which has been with us for as long as there has been anything that could be called English. Food can be traced back through Middle English to the Old English form fōda, which is itself related to Old High German fuotar, meaning "food" or "fodder," and Latin panis, meaning "bread." Panis is the source for empanada (a turnover with a sweet or savory filling), panatela (a type of cigar), panettone (a kind of bread containing raisins and candied fruit), and pantry (a room used for the storage of provisions).
First Known Use of foodie
1980
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