Fletcherism

English Etymology From en Fletcher ism, after Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American health-food enthusiast of the Victorian era. Noun - en historical A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry. en w:The Simpsons w:The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace 20 September 1998 w:John Swartzwelder w:Dan Castellaneta w:Homer Simpson 10 2 production code 5F21 Once upon a time, there was a man named Thomas Edison, and he invented the dictating machine and the fluoroscope...and the repeating telegraph. And he was a firm believer in Fletcherism...and he played the organ and his favorite flower was the heliotrope. Related terms Fletcherian Fletcherite en eponyms