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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #2272 - 05/12/00 11:53 PM Mysoginy opposite?   Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 Alcatraz stranger Alcatraz   stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 Is there a word that means the opposite to misogynist? cordially cordially #2273 - 05/13/00 01:02 AM Re: Mysoginy[sic] opposite?   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass which "opposite" are you looking for; a *lover of women, or a hater of *men? and why? 8 ) http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ #2274 - 05/13/00 01:33 AM Re: Mysoginy[sic] opposite?   Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 Alcatraz stranger Alcatraz   stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 Hater of men... Words exist to describe concepts and if a word does not exist then the concept might not exist or be thought to exist or have expression, but since the concept and manifestation of women hating men certainly does exist then why is there not an equal word to mysoginist? Why do I wish to know? --- Idle curiousity and a question to which I have never found an answer. cordially cordially #2275 - 05/13/00 01:45 AM Re: Mysoginy[sic] opposite?   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York hehehe... I'm sitting this one out. #2276 - 05/13/00 06:27 AM Re: Mysoginy[sic] opposite?   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass >Idle curiousity and a question to which I have never found an answer. well, you've obviously never asked the right (otiose) man before. <g> the word is misandrist; here's a link: http://quinion.com/words/qa/qa-phi1.htm BTW, I myself am a philogynist regards http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ #2277 - 05/13/00 05:17 PM Re: Mysoginy[sic] opposite?   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Tsuwm, you said: >I myself am a philogynist<. Oh, I might have guessed!! Thank you!! I already could tell that you're a perfect gentleman-- now I know why! 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. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,764 Members9,009 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Akintola, VegasCaptain, Mallo, drad_dog, Kimi 9009 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 registered members (A C Bowden), 51 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 40 LukeJavan8 20 A C Bowden 18 may2point0 2 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,935 wofahulicodoc 7,402 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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