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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 ~phile and ~phobe #2719 05/20/00 10:24 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand D David108 OP member OP David108 member D Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand If ~phile connotes a lover of something, and ~phobe connotes one who has a fear of something, what connotes someone who hates/detests something? I have tried the various dictionaries and Thesauruses (Thesauri?) with no luck. Anticipating a barrage of derision, David108 asks: Example - my friend is a Rugby fan (Rugbyphile?) and I can't abide the game. What am I? <grin> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe #2720 05/21/00 01:47 AM 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 David, how can I break this to you gently... <g> -phobe has two(2) senses: fearing or hating -- which adds up when you think about how the two are related. you are a rugbyphobe. a better example of where the two senses become... confused is 'homophobe'. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe and ~miso #2721 05/21/00 07:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... "miso" before something means -I believe - what you are looking for. For example, misogynous means someone hating women. But I don't know how to coin the word about 'miso'rugby... Ciao Emanuela Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe #2722 05/21/00 01:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Would Phoebe's admirers and detractors be Phoebephiles and Phoebephobes? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe and ~miso #2723 05/21/00 02:17 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 sure, miso- and philo- as prefixes; -phile and -phobe as suffixes. Can anyone cite a form of miso (Greek) used as a suffix? http://members.aol.com/tsuwm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe and ~miso #2724 05/21/00 05:15 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Tsuwm-- nonconformis(t)? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe and ~miso #2725 05/21/00 05:28 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 :-) nice try, but (although a nonconformist may hate to conform) I don't think -ist (used to denote one who practices or believes in) qualifies... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe and ~miso #2726 05/21/00 06:14 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand D David108 OP member OP David108 member D Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand There's a revolting Greek seafood paste called "taramiso". Does that qualify? <grin> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe #2727 05/22/00 10:19 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York From former emails and postings - a cricketer! But seriously, it would make you a non-conformist at a public school and a Saturday shopper during the five(six)-nations during winter. The best I can think of would be a form of anti- or contra-. Rugby is an Etymological word (please correct me!) and is named after the place from whence it began - like cheddar, Gorgonzola, champagne etc. so it is difficult to give it a handle. Anti-Rugbyist, contra-rugbyite just don't roll off the tongue as well as CRICKETER! so maybe the form should follow what you are a fanatic of and not what you aren't. Example: 'Do you like Rugby?' 'Hell, no. I'm a die-hard cricketer'. Nuff sed. Do you really need to be so ardently anti-rugby (or anything else) to have a new word (or prefix/suffix) coined for the purpose?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe and ~miso #2728 05/22/00 10:20 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Don't forget that delicious Japanese miso soup. Mmmmmmm............ Soup. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe #2729 05/23/00 03:27 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3 Singapore R Rob stranger Rob stranger R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3 Singapore Sorry Rubrick, pedantry got the better of me. 'Whence' = 'from where', in the same way 'thence' = 'from there'. And 'hence'=...oh I'll stop there. And shouldn't it be 'Rubric'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ~phile and ~phobe #2730 05/23/00 08:13 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Quite right, Rob. I erred on two counts. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me twice! Rubric is, of course, the correct spelling BUT!!! I have incorporated the word brick into my handle because the Rubrics building (The oldest surviving in Trinity College Dublin) is a quite outstanding red-brick building, whilst the rest are gray stone or modern concrete. So, it was a deliberate act of mis-spelling on my part. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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