Meaning of opportunivore | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who subsists on still-edible food that has been or was going to be discarded.
2. One who will generally eat whatever is available, having a diet that excludes few foods.
3. A person who actively seeks or takes advantage of opportunities.

Examples

“An estimated $75 billion worth of food is thrown out yearly in America, and it doesn’t take⟳ a great leap⟳ of logic to connect⟳ the desire to live⟳ sustainably with the almost limitless supply⟳ of free food that overflows the nation’s dumpsters. Thus the opportunivore can forage either overtly or covertly, by asking up front or diving out back.”

“Their secret? Like⟳ us, they [coyotes] survive⟳ by adapting: they’re opportunivores, feeding on everything from insects to garbage to deer; […]”

“Those were heady times for a young, omnivorous reporter: I handled everything from stakeouts to regional front-page features, writing on topics from nuclear power to heroin addiction. I call⟳ myself an "opportunivore" because I’m still drawn to a wide range of stories.”

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