sf wrote:

>>I can't find "teutlophobe" in a dictionary and I think you made it up
>>and you can just stop that right now, okay? Beta vulgaris seems like an
>>apt description (see Wiki on beets).
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&e...phobia&spell=1
>
> Fear of German or German things.

No, you spelled it wrong. There's an "l" in there which you omitted, i.e.
it's "teutlo" rather than "teuto."

"Teutlo" is the Greek word for "beet." With "phobe" attached, the word means
"one who fears or hates beets."

Bob