One who roots for the underdog

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Re: One who roots for the underdog #67954 04/29/2002 9:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah
Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory	In reply to: The word has three parts. The Latin prefix infra- means "interior to, below, or beneath." Related words include under, inferior, and inferno. The middle part, -canino- is from the Latin canus (dog), and -phile is from the Greek philos (beloved, loving). How interesting that inferno pertains more to that which lies below than to a conflagration, which is how the word seems to be used nowadays. There was a film in the 1970's called "The Towering Inferno" about a fire in a high rise building. (Probably not a popular film after the recent unpleasantness.) In light of the word's etymology it seems to be an oxymoron. Now as to rooting for an underdog, what would one be called who cheers for Kerberos?

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One who roots for the underdog	Robert Payne	04/29/2002 6:56 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	wwh	04/29/2002 7:02 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	wwh	04/29/2002 7:18 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Wordwind	04/29/2002 8:00 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	maverick	04/29/2002 9:09 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Alex Williams	04/29/2002 9:32 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	consuelo	04/29/2002 9:41 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	wofahulicodoc	04/30/2002 7:47 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Jackie	04/29/2002 11:37 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	tsuwm	04/30/2002 2:02 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Jackie	04/30/2002 12:13 PM
Re: close but no cigar	wwh	04/30/2002 12:59 PM
Re: close but no cigar	wofahulicodoc	04/30/2002 7:40 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	doc_comfort	05/01/2002 5:01 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Jackie	05/01/2002 10:43 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Angel	05/01/2002 6:46 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	AphonicRants	04/30/2002 2:33 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	tsuwm	04/30/2002 3:02 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	wwh	04/30/2002 3:13 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Robert Payne	04/30/2002 6:59 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	hev	04/30/2002 1:03 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	belMarduk	04/30/2002 1:35 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Robert Payne	04/30/2002 1:36 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	belMarduk	04/30/2002 1:39 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	WhitmanO'Neill	04/30/2002 2:41 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	doc_comfort	04/30/2002 5:03 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	hev	04/30/2002 5:14 AM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Capital Kiwi	04/30/2002 10:31 AM
Re: Wombats and Kiwis	hev	05/01/2002 12:55 AM
Which came first, the wombat or the Kiwi?	TEd Remington	05/02/2002 4:45 PM
Re: One who roots for the underdog	Bridget	04/30/2002 7:54 AM

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