Meanings
plural salad dodgers
- derogatoryinformalAn overweight person.
And then some salad dodger on the construction crew stuck his gut in the way trying to make peace.
2011, Jordan Gray, Submerged: A Blackpool Mystery, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 205 - informalOne who does not normally eat salad.
Whether you’re a salad-dodger or suffering from orthorexia (an extreme desire to eat only health foods), eating gluten-free nutritiously is simple but not plain.
2006, Danna Korn, Living Gluten-Free For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 93
Origin
From the idea that such a person avoids salads in favor of unhealthy or fattening foods.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish punkero
- punkerooverweight person
German Salatverschmäher
- Salatverschmäherone who does not normally eat salad
Russian толстя́к
- толстя́к (tolstják)overweight person
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salad dodger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salad%20dodger
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