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health-shaming

verb; analogy
Shaming someone because of their interest in/commitment to new-agey or “pretentious” health fads (juice cleansing, for example). “She became the victim of a precious new shade of bullying known as “health-shaming.”"
 
A variation on “slut-shaming” and “fat-shaming”.
Etymology : “shaming” meaning: “to cause a feeling of guilt or disgrace”; affix “-ing”
Source : The New Yorker online
Last modified: 3 December 2016


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