From Ancient Greek: phil- (love), and -logos (word).
1. Someone who studies language or literature.
2. Specifically, someone who studies Ancient Greek and Latin languages; a classicist.
1. Someone who studies language or literature.
2. Specifically, someone who studies Ancient Greek and Latin languages; a classicist.
by mihailoff February 20, 2005
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noun
- a specialist in philology
- a person who does not listen to or understand the problems or situation at hand, but thinks they know exactly how to remedy them. They will rudely offer their advice in the form of cliché, pop-psychology sound bites and blanketed, one-size-fits-all, cookie cutter solutions.
- inexperienced author of contemporary self-help books
*Dr. Phil is a TV show hosted by a loud-mouthed, balding Phil McGraw, PhD, in which he cycles through topics and guests, superficially highlighting their struggles and offering quick-fix, psychobabble advice like "Get real."
noun
- a specialist in philology
- a person who does not listen to or understand the problems or situation at hand, but thinks they know exactly how to remedy them. They will rudely offer their advice in the form of cliché, pop-psychology sound bites and blanketed, one-size-fits-all, cookie cutter solutions.
- inexperienced author of contemporary self-help books
*Dr. Phil is a TV show hosted by a loud-mouthed, balding Phil McGraw, PhD, in which he cycles through topics and guests, superficially highlighting their struggles and offering quick-fix, psychobabble advice like "Get real."
Female 1: My kid was hollering for a toy at Target yesterday, and as I was fixin' to whoop him, the lady behind me in line tells me that I shouldn't spank my kids because it will emotionally scar them for life.
Female 2: Another philologist at work, handing out lame-duck advice. What did she expect you to do, give the kid a time out??? I bet she doesn't even have kids!
Female 2: Another philologist at work, handing out lame-duck advice. What did she expect you to do, give the kid a time out??? I bet she doesn't even have kids!
by mistresskeke June 6, 2013
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a young Korean-Argentinian woman that studies the oral and written linguistics of Jeremy.
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a young Korean-Argentinian woman that studies the oral and written linguistics of Jeremy.
Eli's spirited cognition, comparative analytics, and compassionate textual criticism has distinguished her as one of the great philologists of our time.
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Most of phonologist understand the concept of phonetics.
by Dr Syafiq August 11, 2016
Get the Phonologist mug.A phonologist is a person who proclaims to know a lot about phones and phone technology. See: Carmen
Steve: Hey Carmen, I don't know how to forward the phones, I am not a phonologist.
Carmen: Holy Shit.
Carmen: Holy Shit.
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