Thanks for the lesson in common suffixes! Since I edit books and magazines for a living these years, I had no idea what -
phile could possibly mean!
Question, Muinarc: Do you make a distinction between a joke and a serious objection? If so, are you familiar with rhetorical forms that seem to be saying one thing while actually implying another? The mock encomium is one example, but there are countless others.
Question 2: If I've been here since 2002, as my avatar suggests, then what are the chances I'd be unaware of the common meaning of a word like
audiophile, which has been used here every day for at least fifteen years?
Question 3: If I weren't acquainted with the parlance of audiophilia, then how would I be familiar with Steve Guttenberg the critic, amps by Craig Uthus, or audio shows in general? If I know about those things, then how likely is it that wouldn't know the hoary term being discussed in this dare-to-be-dinky thread?
Sometimes it's more entertaining to play with a word we all understand than to use it in the expected way. Everyone seems aware of what
audiophile means, but few people add the word to imaginary lists of forms of sexual deviance and then alert their rabbis. (Yes, I've alerted my imaginary rabbi.)