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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Insect-philia?

What do you call a person who likes Insects? An Insect-phile?
There's zero sexual undertones here. Just people who find the insect world beautiful and fascinating, etc.

There are bird-lovers, and animal-lovers, but I vaguely feel the latter may be ambiguous.. like
possibly signifying bestiality..? Likewise, if one says "I'm a bug-lover", would there be any ambiguity??
Like, these days, eating bugs seems to be a new fad.

TIA.

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Anonymous There are bird-lovers, and animal-lovers, but I vaguely feel the latter may be ambiguous.. likepossibly signifying **********..? No such ambiguity occurs to my mind.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous There are bird-lovers, and animal-lovers, but I vaguely feel the latter may be ambiguous..
  • likepossibly signifying **********..?
  • No such ambiguity occurs to my mind.
  • Anonymous if one says "I'm a bug-lover", would there be any ambiguity??
  • No, Anonymous ike, these days, eating bugs seems to be a new fad.
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AnonymousThere are bird-lovers, and animal-lovers, but I vaguely feel the latter may be ambiguous.. likepossibly signifying **********..?
No such ambiguity occurs to my mind.
Anonymous if one says "I'm a bug-lover", would there be any ambiguity??
No,
Anonymousike, these days, eating bugs seems to be a
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Thank you so much for your opinions. So, both "the Insect-phile's community", and "the bug-lover's community" are OK?
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Anonymousboth "the Insect-phile's community", and "the bug-lover's community" are OK?
Only the 2nd sounds natural to me. If you want something of a higher register, try 'entomophile'.
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Yes, entomo-! That's the word stem I was looking for.
Many thanks!
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