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Xanthropology 

The study of Asians.

pronounced (Zanthrowpaulowgee)

xanthro- scientific prefix for yellow or yellowing.
ology- the study of

This is a bastardization of the word anthropology which is - the study of people, their behavior and origins.
"Jeremy really likes asian chicks doesnt he ?"

"Yeah hes probably gonna become a xanthropologist when he gets older."

Xanthropology
Xanthropology by John Nimble January 28, 2008
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Anthropology 

The scientific study of culture, with the goal of understanding the roots of human and non-human cultural behavior through a study of present and past human cultures, human biology, and the biology and culture of humanity's genetic relatives.

Anthropology is broken up into five main branches: Cultural Anthropology, which studies existing human cultures; Arcaheology, which studies human cultures in the past; Linguistics, which studies the development of human language; Physical (Forensic) Anthropology, which stuides human biology; and Primatology, which studies primates and their cultures, human's closest genetic. relatives .
I was an Anthropology student in college.
Anthropology by Stibbons April 18, 2005

Anthropology 

The cultural and physical scientific study of humankind indiscriminate of time, place and race in an attempt to explain the origin of humankind.
Anthropology has done a much better job explaining the origin of humans than religion.
Anthropology by DesPERRYado November 1, 2004

Calcium Anthropology 

The study of Milk Men. Originally revealed in the comedy of Steven Wright.
The leading scientists in Calcium Anthropology concluded that the extinction of the indigenous Milk Men was due to their increasing futileness over the years.

Anthropology 

A fascinating subject of humanity. Unfortunately, however, humans who study this usually have absolutely no job and are greatly swallowed in debt.
Yeah, anthropology is interesting, but I can't say that I would be comfortable with living in a box.

ethnocultural neo-anthropology 

a new sub-branch of cultural anthropology
ethnocultural neo-anthropology should be devoted to answering the sole question of whether or not decolonized people in Third World countries can, without either immigrating to the Western World or financial help from the United Nations, historically, economically, and socially develop along Western lines using their own cultural and religious markers that they had prior to the beginnings of colonialism, i.e. prior to 1469 (the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille. I think the answer is yes.

manthropology 

The study of the dating practices of the human male, especially as they relate to other aspects of male existence. Subsets include cultural manthropology (what happens during guys' nights out),linguistic manthropology (what it means when they say they want to "take a break"), malecheology (study of items found in closets and under beds after they "clean up" the apartment), and physical manthropology (things they insist their last girlfriend totally enjoyed
doing).
As a dedicated student of manthropology, Barbara could tell
that Jack's insistence he pay for dinner had less to do with chivalry than with his desire to impress the waitress who, as he kept noting, had a rad tattoo.
manthropology by capitolchick December 30, 2007
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