Definitions
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- adjective Pertaining to, characteristic of, or having
carborexia . - noun A person with
carborexia .
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Examples
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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.
IEEE Spectrum 2010
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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.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2008
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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.
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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."
October 25, 2008