The best vegi-burger in the whole city is Dofsky’s Cashew burger, this delicious burger was once found at the former Libertine Bistro, and is now available again. And I say: thank god! This city was hurting for a different, and delicious vegetarian option for a home-made burger, and after a long wait it’s back. Try it, and you’ll be glad you did!
—Veggi-Guy Sky
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2009.
“Veggie Burger” is an oxymoron.
A tasty oxymoron.
How did burger ever mean it had to have meat in it?
Because “burger” is short for “hamburger”, which is most definitely made from beef.
Sure the word is cut off from the original word hamburger but in today’s day, there are many variations of a burger. According to dictionary.com:
burg·er (bûr’gər)
n.
1. A sandwich consisting of a bun, a cooked beef patty, and often other ingredients such as cheese, onion slices, lettuce, or condiments. Often used in combination: a cheeseburger.
2. A similar sandwich with a nonbeef filling. Often used in combination: a crab burger; a tofu burger.
So burger is not an oxymoron.