January 27, 2012, 12:03 am sallow •\ˈsa- (ˌ) lō\• adjective and verb adjective: unhealthy looking verb: cause to become sallow The word sallow has appeared in six New York Times articles in the past year, including on Aug. 14 in the Sunday Magazine feature "Kris Carr: Crazy Sexy Entrepreneur" by Mireille Silcoff: She produced containers of green juice from a cooler. "Today it's smoothies," she said, handing me a sealed jar. Almond butter, cucumbers, romaine, kale, ginger and two pears. The concoction tasted infinitely better than you'd think something this green and unctuous would. I made a joke about the vegans I used to know in college in the early 1990s, when eating zero animal products was more of a niche pursuit. Those vegans all looked a bit sallow. They didn't tend to smell great either. "Oh, that's because they were probably muffin vegans," Carr said. The gaunt, unhealthy vegan is the muffin vegan. Bread and fries and processed veggie dogs. It's like, hello? Did you eat your vegetables? The plants are the root of everything in this lifestyle. Learn more about the word "sallow" and see usage examples across a range of subjects on the Vocabulary.com dictionary.