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Foodie vs Boodie - What's the difference?

foodie | boodie |

As nouns the difference between foodie and boodie

is that foodie is (slang) a person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet while boodie is or boodie can be (scotland) a hobgoblinwebster's third new international dictionary, unabridged merriam-webster, 2002 http://unabridgedmerriam-webstercom (17 aug 2011) or boodie can be (australia) a species of bettong,.

foodie

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia foodie)
  • (slang) A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
  • :We self-professed foodies liked to meet in restaurants and talk like experts about what we were eating.

    • Derived terms

    * foodie-ism

    Synonyms

    * (person who appreciates good food) chowhound, gastronaut, gourmand

    boodie

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variant of body.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A hobgoblin.Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged . Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (17 Aug 2011)

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (nys) burdi.“ boodie” in Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford University Press, accessed 2012 September 12.

    Noun

    (wikipedia boodie) (en noun)
  • (Australia) A species of bettong, .
  • * 1968 , Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia , page 34,
    • However, the boodie', once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. ' Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.
  • * 1985 , Australia's Amazing Wildlife , page 304,
    • The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie , which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.
  • * 2002 , C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout (editors), Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives , page 224,
    • The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal.It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.
    Synonyms
    * (species of bettong) (burrowing bettong)

    References