Did you by any chance mean one of these? carbolic, carbonic, carboxylic, cariogenic
Definitions
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- adj. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or having carborexia.
- n. A person with carborexia.
Examples
“But when concern becomes obsession, a new class of environmentally conscious person is born: the carborexic, a person who obsessively minimizes his or her use of carbon.”
“Jay Matsueda, who might also answer to the name energy anorexic, or carborexic, has neither heat nor air-conditioning in his condominium in Culver City.”
“Jay Matsueda, who might also answer to the name energy anorexic, or carborexic, has neither heat nor air-conditioning in his condominium in Culver City, Calif.”
“But Dr. Jack Hirschowitz, a psychiatrist in private practice in Manhattan and a professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said that certain carborexic behaviors might raise a red flag.”
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"A person who is obsessed with minimizing his or her use of carbon." Oct 25, 2008