# Looking for a word similar to CANNIBLE **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100 "2004-10-07T21:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/21 "2004-10-08T00:20:03Z")
Xenophage is perhapse to close to xenobiology and so might be better used for an eater of aliens, not just sapient aliens. On the other hand people tend to have the gyst of what xeno- means whilst sophont- would leave me and most your readers confused. I had a thread ages ago about the word for sex between different sentient (I should have said saliant) life forms [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=164098) but it didn’t get far beyonde the idea of xenophilia, xenogamy, and the fact that Larry Niven called it rishathra when between different hominids. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/22 "2004-10-08T00:26:10Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > :eek: That got your attention didn’t it? of course a polyvore might be a good thing 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/23 "2004-10-08T00:42:14Z")
**[CHUD](http://www.angelfire.com/movies/northernfrights/movies/C/chud.html)** ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/24 "2004-10-08T07:35:11Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > better yet they could be primavores…one who eats from the top of the food chain. I vote for Primavore. Even if it does sort of sound like a brand of dog food. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/25 "2004-10-08T07:40:39Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Sophiaphagia? Hagia Sophiaphagia? ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/26 "2004-10-08T08:02:07Z")
I thought it sounded like a pasta…primavera? Isn’t that a pasta? How about a Guanovore…what might that taste like? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/27 "2004-10-08T09:24:16Z")
This thread makes me nervous. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/28 "2004-10-08T09:43:24Z")
C’mere, meat, I’m just a harmless **sentiovore**. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/29 "2004-10-08T11:29:00Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > How about a Guanovore…what might that taste like? :dubious: … I don’t know how to respond to that! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/30 "2004-10-08T12:18:55Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > something that eats a variety of species might be called a **Poly-vore** :eek: And what if it eats a variety of **carp**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/31 "2004-10-08T12:58:12Z")
Let’s try to keep this in the realm of believability, **panache**. Nobody eats carp. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/32 "2004-10-08T13:33:56Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > Let’s try to keep this in the realm of believability, **panache**. Nobody eats carp. “Never say never.” or Never say ‘nobody.’ There must be sombodyS as witness the following: [Eating Carp](http://people.whitman.edu/~hashimiy/carp.htm) Considered to be very tasty by some folks. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/33 "2004-10-08T13:45:40Z")
Cephalophagia makes me giggle. Hypercephalophagia makes me giggle harder. Not what does _that_ indicate… ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/34 "2004-10-08T13:46:01Z")
> [@spingears](#): > > “Never say never.” or Never say ‘nobody.’ > There must be sombodyS as witness the following: > [Eating Carp](http://people.whitman.edu/~hashimiy/carp.htm) > Considered to be very tasty by some folks. He just left off the last bit of the sentence. Nobody eats carp _twice_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/35 "2004-10-08T14:13:56Z")
> [@Desmostylus](#): > > He just left off the last bit of the sentence. Nobody eats carp _twice_. 😉 1. Eat little fishies 2. Vomit little fishies 3. Eat vomit That is so gross… ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/36 "2004-10-08T14:29:29Z")
Toldya. Go with the xenophagi. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/37 "2004-10-08T14:35:04Z")
::: trying desperately to divert this thread from the strange direction it’s taken ::: > [@Marley23](#): > > Hagia Sophiaphagia? Only happens in Turkish remakes of Japanese monster movies! ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/38 "2004-10-08T15:36:21Z")
Lots of people eat carp! Smoked carp is yummy. I’ve even paid money for it. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/39 "2004-10-08T16:26:00Z")
Cannible??? [http://www.thecannabible.com/](http://www.thecannabible.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100/40 "2004-10-08T16:57:17Z")
If you just want a little taste of somebody, would that be a **canibble**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-similar-to-cannible/268100.md?page=3)