# Something I learned from the SDMB yesterday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267 "2017-06-06T13:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/1 "2017-06-06T13:00:48Z")
In this thread I read yesterday [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=827579](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=827579), I came across the term “philia”, which Wiki tells me is one of four ancient Greek words for “brotherly love” or “friendship”. It is the opposite of “phobic”. I work with filters, and we have 2 kinds: hydrophobic, which test gases; and hydrophillic, which test liquids. I remember the difference because hydro=water and phobic=fears…and hydrophillic was the other kind. Now I know what it means. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/2 "2017-06-06T13:22:57Z")
I hate to be the one to tell you, but this is one of those things that everybody in the world knew except you. Don’t feel too bad. We’ve all been there. ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/3 "2017-06-06T13:42:45Z")
I also did not know of storge, agape or eros. WHAT ELSE HAVE I BEEN MISSING?? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/4 "2017-06-06T13:59:54Z")
There are a few famous -philia words, usually legal or medical terms, such as paedophilia (children), haemophilia, or necrophilia (dead people). But there’s also less controversial ones, like bibliophilia (books), Anglophilia (the British), and technophilia (technology). ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/5 "2017-06-06T14:11:31Z")
And -phile, of course. Bibliophile, Anglophile…how could I have been so blind? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/6 "2017-06-06T14:19:11Z")
Let’s not forget Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/7 "2017-06-06T15:38:40Z")
Love for the city of Philadelphia is Phillyphilia; a person who loves Philadelphia is a Phillyphile. And I’m sure I’m not the first person to make that joke. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/8 "2017-06-06T16:45:31Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Love for the city of Philadelphia is Phillyphilia; a person who loves Philadelphia is a Phillyphile. > > And I’m sure I’m not the first person to make that joke. That was terrible, you Philly-stine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/9 "2017-06-06T16:46:39Z")
^^^ If I had heard that joke at any point in my life, I would have understood what hydrophilic means and would have never started this thread. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/10 "2017-06-06T16:53:42Z")
Phillip, lover of horses. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/11 "2017-06-06T17:13:29Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > That was terrible, you Philly-stine. 😃 Thanks! But I thought it was a dilly (though rather silly). ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/12 "2017-06-06T17:30:30Z")
I am 48, and my older brother is named Justin. I just realized two days ago that Justine is a female version of Justin. I also only realized a couple of years ago that Brianna is a female version of Brian. DUH. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-learned-from-the-sdmb-yesterday/788267/13 "2017-06-06T17:34:06Z")
> [@HotDogWater](#): > > In this thread I read yesterday [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=827579](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=827579), I came across the term “philia”, which Wiki tells me is one of four ancient Greek words for “brotherly love” or “friendship”. It is the opposite of “phobic”. And there’s also mis- misandry - hating men (andro) misogynist - hating women (gyn) misanthropy - hating people (anthro)