I have a fuzzy understanding that っぷる is something like っぽい (-ish) or っぷり
(manner, style). Could you offer a more clear definition?

For example someone eating salad for dinner says:

> 貧乏 **っプル** じゃないよ。ベジタブル **っプル** だよ。最近食べ過ぎで野菜をたくさん食べたくなるのよ。
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How would you define っプル?
My guess is what you mean is the word ぶる ぶり (also ぷり) derived from ～振る ～振り. If
so, here is some explanations...

The original word 振る is a verb meaning "act like". Examples are: 急に他人ぶる (act
suddenly as if he/she is a stranger), 素人のくせに専門家ぶる (act as if he/she is an
expert even though they have no idea). It is more often used to imply that the
person isn't what they are trying to imply by their way of acting.

振り is more often used in a positive way, referring to the (honorable) way of
acting. Example: 見事な食べっぷり (how he/she eats (in a grandiose way)), あっぱれな走りっぷり
(his/her great way of running).

This further evolved into the slangy usage of ぶる、ぶり、ぷり. For example one might
say 何貧乏ぶってんの？（笑） to mock a friend who made a lot of money by gamble or
something and is wearing old shoes. Another example could be
あいつの振られっぷりは毎回半端ない（笑）( he always gets turned down by girls in a grandiose way,
haha). It's usually used for an humorous effect, so it's not a word you use
often.

Your example sounds a bit weird and could be rewritten like this:

> 貧乏ぶってるんじゃないよ、ベジタリアンぶってるんだよ。最近食べ過ぎで野菜をたくさん食べたくなるのよ。

This sounds grammatically correct, but it still sounds weird/confusing because
it's weird that you'll _act_ like a vegetarian when you simply want to eat
vegetables. A slightly better example would be:

> A: またもやしかよ。何貧乏ぶってんだよ（笑）  
>  B: 貧乏ぶってるんじゃないよ、ベジタリアンぶってるんだよ。ベジタリアンの方がもてるらしいから（笑）

**EDIT:**  
This word has no relation with プル derived from カップル as in 馬鹿ップル. It's rare to
use this ップル for anything else than 馬鹿ップル though. As a native I wouldn't
recognize ベジタップル as a 馬鹿ップル variant.
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