A non-black person who is fascinated with and drawn to black culture. This can be either in conjunction with "high culture" such as martin luther king and black history month, or popular culture such as gangsta rap and chris rock, but rarely both.
You know that an afrophile like Yitzchok would be a huge Snoop Doggfan.
Julio is such an afrophile that he didn't think it was appropriate to listen to Reggaton on MLK day, out of reverence.
A person who collects and enjoys teddy bears. Unlike "plushophile", this word almost NEVER implies a sexual fetish--only a sentimental interest.
Frannie is a serious arctophile if I ever met one: Not only did she have wall-to-wall shelves built for her teddy bear collection, but she also bought a database program just to catalog each bear by age and manufacturer.
A highly productive but lethargic person. Someone ironically capable of quickly completing workeven though s/he generally dislikes doing them in the first place.
"Sean's been complaining about this job for years. I barely see him work and yet he still gets paid in full!? Why haven't we fired him yet?"
"He's an argophile; he never missed a deadline, he hasn't hurt the company, and that works for me."
Technically speaking it's not a man who has sex with cars. As I'm one such I know my subject. An autophile is in love with him or herself sexually. So I'm stuffed for a good word to use (apart from the often heard, insane, crazy, etc). The only alternative I've heard is automobiliphilia. Quite a mouthful, more than the gearknob of a Jaguar XJ8 so probably won't be popular. There probably should be two words. One for a person who loves his car on every level and has it as a substitute totally for a human partner and one for a man who simply fucks it.
Since I'm simply adding a correction to a word, not sure what a relevent example would be. Apart from mentioning that I myself am an avid automobilophile, not autophile (not the only thing in my life mind!).
One who resides outside of Australia and is totally obsessed with everything to do with the country. They embrace everything that has do with Australia, including Aussie culture, accent, movies, food, history, slang, music, etc.
Jessica always wears that shirt with the Australian flag on it. She also is constantly watching Aussie movies and she flirts with Aussie men online. She's a total Aussophile!
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.