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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: One who roots for the underdog #67969 04/30/02 02:33 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 A AphonicRants enthusiast AphonicRants enthusiast A Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 200 >"infracaninophile" I can find "infracaninophile" on the web, and in web word-lists. However, Robert said he found his word "paging through a dictionary", and I can't find "infracaninophile" in any website for a published dictionary. Could this be a word that's been coined, but has never made it into a recogized published-on-paper dictionary? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67970 04/30/02 03:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass from the earlier thread, it was coined by... Christopher Morley, in the preface to "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" [of Conan Doyle]: "What other man led a fuller and heartier and more masculine life? [it was another age] Doctor, whaler, athlete, writer, speculator, dramatist, historian, war correspondent, spiritualist, he was always also the infracaninophile -- the helper of the underdog." not all dictionaries are on the web just yet, nor do I have all dictionaries in hard copy (it only seems that way), but I do have it in print in two actual books: as quoted above and in Charles Harrington Elster's "There's a Word for it!" perhaps Mrs. Byrne has it in her dictionary also, but I don't have that to hand at the moment. (it seems highly probable that Morley coined this as a nonce-word, but there is still time to get it into the OED if only enough of us get... on top of it.) EDIT: Mrs. B. indeed covers the word, but she cites Morley for it, indicating that she also found it in none of her lexicographical references. :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67971 04/30/02 03:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 While we're at it, who can say how root came to mean to loudly express support for someone? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67972 04/30/02 06:59 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 39 Nacogdoches, Texas, USA R Robert Payne OP newbie OP Robert Payne newbie R Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 39 Nacogdoches, Texas, USA Re: Robert said he found his word "paging through a dictionary" I wondered about the fact that infracaninophile is rarely in dictionaries. I'm actually not so sure infracaninophile is the word I saw. I think I would have remembered that one because of the roots. Wouldn't it be neat if it has a synonym?! It would almost be worth while to spend a few days (weeks?) looking through the dictionary! The dictionary I saw it in (I think) is at my parents' home. I'll at least look up infracaninophile to see if it is there. Robert Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: close but no cigar #67973 04/30/02 07:40 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,557 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,557 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA the proprietor could keep the weight from going all the way to the top, but I never found out how he could do it I read somewhere a while back that there was a lever or foot-pedal the carnie could press that subtly altered the tension of the wire going up to the bell. If the wire was taut, the projectile ascended to the top smoothly and easily. If it was loose, the energy of the strongest hammering was easily dampened, and inadequate for the task... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67974 04/30/02 07:47 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,557 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,557 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ...would that be incurable romantic? How about Polly Purebred, then? I would have said "a 1950's Brooklyn Dodgers fan" (sniffle). It was always "wait 'til next year," and then the year Next Year finally came, they up and left town. :-( That's gratitude for you! (Some of us never got over the insult, as you can see!) Then we had to become Mets fans...at least we knew how! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wombats and Kiwis #67975 05/01/02 12:55 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev addict hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia Can't you Striners make up your own? Evidence, CapK... Which came first, the wombat or the Kiwi? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67976 05/01/02 05:01 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Special to doc_comfort: is there a word for someone who defends the underdoc? There was, but... http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4235207^601,00.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67977 05/01/02 10:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hey, doc, we have an AMA, too! Slight difference in the first A, though. I'll tell you, judging by this article, either you-all have a whole lot of dangerous doctors, or Aussies must be emulating us lawsuit-happy Americans. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One who roots for the underdog #67978 05/01/02 06:46 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Hey, doc, we have an AMA, too! Slight difference in the first A, though. Hey, Jackie! I've been a member of the AMA for 13 years! 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