Meanings
noungospelmonger (plural gospelmongers)
plural gospelmongers
- derogatoryrareOne who peddles the gospel; a Bible thumper.
Mr. Glassner’s latest book, “The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food is Wrong” (Ecco/HarperCollins $25.95), posits that misguided (and misguiding) gospelmongers are persuading Americans to eat according to ever more irrational notions and sillier motivations.
2007 January 10, Anne Mendelson, “At the Temples of Food, an Outsider’s Look at the Sacred Texts”, in New York Times
Origin
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