I'm kidding of course about vegetarians being wusses. I don't happen to be one myself, but I respect that choice. However, after several times of having to order several veggie dishes for the benefit of the 2 vegetarians in a party of 12, you appreciate going out to dinner with only meat-eaters :).

A general term used to describe people who exclude meat, poultry, fish or other animal-derived foods from their diets. An ovo- vegetarian will eat vegetables plus eggs and egg products, and an ovo-lacto- vegetarian will add milk to this regime. Since no vegetable contains all of the essential amino acids but eggs do, including eggs in the diet protects against amino acid deficiency.

Vegetarians are people who don't eat meat or eggs.

See Vegetarian.