In biology, a Cryophile is an organism that is able to survive and thrive in areas that have very low temperatures. (Cryo- is a word part meaning cold, while -phile is a word part meaning likes/favors.)
It may also simply refer to a person who just really likes the cold. This trait is common among Canadians, Russians, and people from North Dakota.
It may also simply refer to a person who just really likes the cold. This trait is common among Canadians, Russians, and people from North Dakota.
Snow Algae is a cryophilic organism.
John Doe often likes to go for walks in the
-20°f North Dakotan weather. His friends call him a cryophile.
John Doe often likes to go for walks in the
-20°f North Dakotan weather. His friends call him a cryophile.
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"Turns out Michael Bolton is a major cinophile..." after obsessing over film references for the 'bog sexy hook' for new song 'Jack Sparrow' by Lonely Island (ft michael Bolton)
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Get the Cinophile mug.(noun) a dog fancier. Cynophiles often participate in dog shows and dog sports. They may prefer owning purebred dogs who have a pedigree, rather than adopting mongrels from shelters, but this is by no means always true. They may be annoyingly obsessive about their dogs, spending exorbitant amounts of money on them, or may simply consider dogs ideal companions.
My friend is a real cynophile; he takes his dog to compete in conformation shows, the kind they show on Animal Planet.
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As for the previous poster, you fool that's not what credophile means. Credophile is an awesome term coined originally by the writer L. Sprague de Camp, in a letter to James Randi.
It's a label for those who appear particularly gullible and are particularly inclined to believe whatever claims come their way. (See Scientologist).
As for the previous poster, you fool that's not what credophile means. Credophile is an awesome term coined originally by the writer L. Sprague de Camp, in a letter to James Randi.
It's a label for those who appear particularly gullible and are particularly inclined to believe whatever claims come their way. (See Scientologist).
To quote de Camp directly,
A credophile gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt... The credophile collects beliefs the way a jackdaw does nest ornaments: not for utility but for glitter. And, once having embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make him let go.
A credophile gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt... The credophile collects beliefs the way a jackdaw does nest ornaments: not for utility but for glitter. And, once having embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make him let go.
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