AILUROPHILE

PRONUNCIATION: (eye/ay-LOOR-uh-fyl)

MEANING: noun: One who loves cats.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ailuro- (cat) + -phile (lover). Earliest documented use: 1914.

NOTES:
-- There have been some serious ailurophiles over the years. Examples: Ben Rea of UK who left $13 million to his black cat Blackie or Maria Assunta of Italy who also left $13 million to her black cat Tommaso.
-- If there are any black cats reading this, I recommend they use Google to find their nearest aging ailurophile millionaire having a net worth of $13 million. Or they could just start a YouTube channel.
--The opposite of an ailurophile is ailurophobe.
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A FLUROPHILE - my dentist (he sees so many fewer cavities since fluoride)

'AIKU-ROPHILE
in Cockney accent
A short Japanese poem
I love to listen

AILEROPHILE - those trim tabs make my plane fly so much more smoothly