This comes from the Happy Rhodes album "Ecto". Back in 1991, there was a mailing list sent out to discuss her music, and it was also called Ecto. However, the fans who got this mailing list also wanted to discuss other music they liked, and thus, became ectophiles.
by mel January 22, 2005
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Get the Ectophilia mug.An individual who has a strong positive predisposition or interest toward education. The term stems from the conjugation of the word "education" and the Greek suffix "-ophile." This passion on education does not need to be limited to formal academic courses or degrees. An edophile often demonstrates their interest by reading books and obsessively going over the newspaper. An edophile can typically be seen researching new fun facts or telling obscure historical anecdotes.
Sometimes erroneously mischaracterized as pretentious or snobbish.
Sometimes erroneously mischaracterized as pretentious or snobbish.
Example 1:
"I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., and Sc.D.… OMG right?"
Example 2:
Person 1: "The only time Cody takes a break from reading one of his 800 page books is when he stops to read the New York Times."
Person 2: "He is such an edophile."
"I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., and Sc.D.… OMG right?"
Example 2:
Person 1: "The only time Cody takes a break from reading one of his 800 page books is when he stops to read the New York Times."
Person 2: "He is such an edophile."
by Thomas Paine, aka T-Paine November 16, 2013
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by ThatBandKid July 20, 2014
Get the Erophilia mug.-when two diseases are combined together, emo (ignore the pun), and hemophilia.
-an oxymoron, an emo that in fact is a hemophiliac would be redundant, in the sense that the general conception is that emos slit their wrists, or make themselves bleed. Hemophilia is the disease were your blood doesn't clot, so essentially, an emo that is also a hemophiliac would be redundant, because they would bleed to death
-an alternative rock band founded in Sioux Lookout ON, Canada, by Levi Sayers(bass),Bobby Siemens(guitar), Jesse Bradley(guitar),and Thomas Bent(drums), now known as Kimo Abe
-an oxymoron, an emo that in fact is a hemophiliac would be redundant, in the sense that the general conception is that emos slit their wrists, or make themselves bleed. Hemophilia is the disease were your blood doesn't clot, so essentially, an emo that is also a hemophiliac would be redundant, because they would bleed to death
-an alternative rock band founded in Sioux Lookout ON, Canada, by Levi Sayers(bass),Bobby Siemens(guitar), Jesse Bradley(guitar),and Thomas Bent(drums), now known as Kimo Abe
the mother and father could not believe that they had not noticed there son's condition, which upon his death they found was emophilia
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A love of the emotional and depressed comunity sometimes called a emo fetish. Commonly found in emo's and scene kids of any gender, emos are a large group where gender does not define whether it is ok to have sexual intercourse with each other, so hence this fetish is shared by the whole community.
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A love of the emotional and depressed comunity sometimes called a emo fetish. Commonly found in emo's and scene kids of any gender, emos are a large group where gender does not define whether it is ok to have sexual intercourse with each other, so hence this fetish is shared by the whole community.
<fetish of emos>
First boy: "Look it's James"
Second boy: "So it is, he's a strange boy"
First Boy: "I know he is, He wont do a chav or grunger"
Second boy: "yes he must have EMOPHILIA"
First boy: "I have it too"
Second boy: "So it is, he's a strange boy"
First Boy: "I know he is, He wont do a chav or grunger"
Second boy: "yes he must have EMOPHILIA"
First boy: "I have it too"
by Glom the magical gay August 6, 2006
Get the emophilia mug.Being fucking stupid and not wanting to go into your goddamn house because your afraid of it. But fuck it you would rather sleep on the mother fucking side of the mother fucking road because your scared of your house. Oh you want food, FUCK NO you would rather get gum off the streets and eat that all day. Want something to drink, better go to the nearest man hole cause your FUCKING afraid of a house.
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