Skip to main content

historophile's definitions

historophile

(adjective)-
1: One who is absolutely obsessed and fascinated by the events and workings of history.

2: A term created by combining historian {one who studies past events, particularly human affairs} and phile (from the Greek philos, to love} to describe one who is irrevocably attracted to, consumed by, and fixated on history in such a way that it will come up in almost every conversation.
Character 1: "Man, you're such a historophile."

Character 2: "No I'm not, Herodotus, the father of history or author of much of Rome's history, Polybius, could be considered more of a historophile than me."

Character 1: "My point exactly dude."
by historophile December 7, 2009
mugGet the historophile mug.

historiful

(adverb) -
1: Pertaining to the art of storytelling that involves interjecting historical facts and figures into everyday events. Creating a bristling wall of history in modern life that is impossible to ignore.
2: Explaining said stories and experiences to another friend, without burdening them with the unnecessarily yet extremely juicy bits of information and distantly relevant narratives involved.
Character 1: "Dude, the president's speech last night interrupted my robot chicken episode! That was so uncool."

Character 2: "Yeah, but imagine if you were in the 1930's and every night the president would give you the lowdown in his 'fireside chats'. I think you would be much more annoyed, yet that president was FDR, one of the greatest........."

Character 1: "I get it, no need to make my lack of robot chicken one of your historiful moments.
by historophile December 7, 2009
mugGet the historiful mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email