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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for June 21, 1999
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infracaninophile [n. IN-fruh-kuh-NIN-uh-fyl]
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An infracaninophile is a person who favors the underdog. Example:
"Those infracaninophiles are always giving out money to the homeless
people." This word, which is absent from many dictionaries, was
coined by Christopher Morley, a novelist and poet who died in 1957.
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).
Inspired by Mr. Morley's example, we suggest that if there are
infracaninophiles there might also be infracaninophobes (people who
are afraid of underdogs) and ultracaninophiles (people who favor those
who are in power).
Here are more ideas for new words along the same lines:
inframariphile: someone who likes to be under the ocean
exospherophile: someone who likes to be in outer space
ultravelociphile: someone who likes to go very fast
A poem by Christopher Morley:
http://www.bartleby.com/104/129.html
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