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05/20/2000 10:24 PM
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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?
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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
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"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...
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Would Phoebe's admirers and detractors be Phoebephiles and Phoebephobes?
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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
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:-) 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...
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There's a revolting Greek seafood paste called "taramiso". Does that qualify?
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05/22/2000 10:19 PM
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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??
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05/22/2000 10:20 PM
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Don't forget that delicious Japanese miso soup. Mmmmmmm............ Soup.
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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'?
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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.
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