Brian S. Hook
Apr 29, 2024

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Should we reflect on why auto-correct changes ailurophilia to ailurophobia, Michelle? Perhaps because cats are more to be feared than loved?

It's a very rare word in Latin (or Greek--the Romans just transliterated the Greek αἴλουρος) but I ran across it in Juvenal 15.7 years ago, so happy to share it with you, for whom it may well have been coined. Dazzle away!

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Brian S. Hook
Brian S. Hook

Written by Brian S. Hook

Dad, classicist, mountain dweller, erstwhile triathlete, wannabe woodworker, follower of Socrates and Jesus (two famous non-writers), writing to avoid raveling

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