Meanings
- A January in which people are encouraged to eat vegan food after the Christmas excesses.
Restaurants dropping meat dishes as costs rise and Veganuary grows more popular [title]
2023 January 21, James Trapper, “Restaurants dropping meat dishes as costs rise and Veganuary grows more popular”, in The Observer, Guardian Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 31 Jan 20232 more examples
Around two-thirds of those who take part in Veganuary enjoy it so much that they choose to stay vegan at the end of the month, and almost everyone else chooses to become vegetarian or reduce their consumption of animal products.
2019, James Rice, Try Veganuary with Deliciously Ella, Hachette, →ISBNVeganuary has been blamed for poor performance in pubs and restaurants last month, with sales slumping after a strong Christmas.
2019 February 18, Oliver Gill, “‘Veganuary’ blamed for January pub hangover”, in The Telegraph, →ISSN
Origin
Blend of vegan + January, from 2014.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Veganuary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Veganuary
“Veganuary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Veganuary. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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