Farmer is demanding the terms "pig-out" and "eat like a pig" to be removed from dictionary
- 5 years ago
A campaigning farmer is demanding the terms "pig-out" and "eat like a pig" are removed from the dictionary - claiming they're unfair and offensive to the animals.
Fergus Howie, 43, has written to the Oxford English Dictionary to demand that the "derogatory" terms are removed or redefined.
The term "pig-out" is defined as "a bout of eating a large amount of food e.g 'a junk food pig-out'".
But he says that despite the stereotype, pigs are no greedier than any other animals.
Dad-of-three Fergus said: "The fact that they associate junk food with pigs is not very good.
Fergus Howie, 43, has written to the Oxford English Dictionary to demand that the "derogatory" terms are removed or redefined.
The term "pig-out" is defined as "a bout of eating a large amount of food e.g 'a junk food pig-out'".
But he says that despite the stereotype, pigs are no greedier than any other animals.
Dad-of-three Fergus said: "The fact that they associate junk food with pigs is not very good.