Meanings
plural PETA-philes
- derogatoryA supporter of PETA, an American animal rights organization.
These are not the ravings of some PETA-phile but the purportedly honest conclusions of a, by his own lights, fellow sportsman.
2015 December 29, Thomas McIntyre, “Fierce Objects of Desire”, in Anthony Licata, editor, Field & Stream, volume 120, number 8, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 902 more examples
Regurgitated would be OK. By the wayside, are there any decent alternatives to leather jackets? (Not that I'm a Petaphile, mind yall.)
1993 November 27, Inguinal j Splenetic, “I need some clothes in San Francisco”, in alt.fashion (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026There seems little point, moreover, in trying to marginalize PETA-philes by faulting their rejection of the animal kingdom's remorseless food chain paradigm — that the big fish eat the little fish — or repudiation of the worldwide acceptance of meat eating as a proper option for descendants of hunters and gatherers.
2003 July 28, Richard Martin, “Game of chicken: Critics say capitulation to PETA will worsen animal rights reprisals”, in Nation's Restaurant News, volume 37, number 30, Lebhar-Friedman, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 31
Origin
Blend of PETA + pedophile, equivalent to PETA + -phile.
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