Today, I encountered with many different vocabulary to characterised someone as their occupations and studies. Let me share with you all. Some you all knew before and some may be new to understand.
One word Substitution:
Me First - An egoist
The Height of conceit - An egotist
Let me help you - An altruist
Leave me alone - An introvert
Let's do it together - An extrovert
Neither extreme - An ambivert
People are no damn good - A misanthrope
Women are no damn good - A misogynist
'Marriage is an institution - and who wants to live in an institution?' - A misogamist
that the flesh is heir to... - An ascetic
A skillful person or - Dexterous (the right hand in terms of gangster)
evil, threatening - Sinister (left hand in terms of gangster)
One who studying the development of the human race - An anthropologist
One who loves mankind or shows such love by making substantial financial contributions to charitable organisations - A philanthropist
hating mankind - A misanthropic
only one marriage - monogamy
two marriages - bigamy
many marriages - polygamy
A form of marriage in which a woman has two or more husbands - polyandry
male with a plurality of wives - A polygynist
female with a plurality of husbands - A polyandrist
devotion to a lonely and austere life i.e. a monk - asceticism
Different occupational Doctors:
Female troubles? - A gynaecologist
Having a baby? - An obstetrician
Is your baby ill? - A paediatrician
Skin clear? - A dermatologist
Eyes Okay? - An ophthalmologist or optician
How are your bones? - An orthopaedist
Does your heart go pitter-patter? - A cardiologist
Is your brain working? - A neurologist
Are you neurotic? - A psychiatrist
Straightening of teeth? - A orthodontics
Speciality of gums? - A periodontics
Dental speciality involving the pulp and root canal? - An endodontics
Speciality of tooth extraction? - An exodontics
Bones and blood vessels - An osteopath
Joints and articulations - A chiropractor
Feet? - A Chiropodist
Getting Old? - A gerontologist
Artistic/Writing Occupations:
Analytic of handwriting? - A graphologist
Handwriting as an artistic expression? - A calligraphist
Ugly, bad, illegible handwriting? - A cacography
Science and Scientist:
Celestial phenomena - An astronomer
the earth - An geologist
all forms of living matter - A biologist
who studies plant life - A botanist
who studies animal life - A zoologist
who studies insect forms - An entomologist
a humanist specializing in classical scholarship - A philologist
Meanings and psychological effects of words - A semanticist
community and family life - A sociologist
studies the origin and structure of the universe - A cosmologist
one who attempts to predict the future by the state of the stars - An astrologer
one who predicts the future by reading the lines on the palms of hands - A palmist
one who is specialized in number of languages - A linguist
one who loves books as collectibles - A bibliophile
one who favors of admires England or English things - An anglophile
Comments
Why were you laughing? .. glad you like it ^.^
Aww.. My purpose is to let people know about one word substitution. :) Thank you so much Carole :)
Sandeep!
I listened to your audio and this is my response!
Cheers!
~* GS *~
Hi Grabriel!
I'm very thankful for you to visit this thread. You taught me correct pronunciation of few words.
This recording has remaining pronunciation which you missed. Audioboo is working fine now but it is embedded by choosing flash mode from More options.
Thank you brother! It meant lot for me :)
Oops! Only after adding my comment and listening to the audio, I found that the last part of the recording is missing. Sorry bro!
Hi Sandeep!
Believe it or not, I had already prepared the following list and the audio on 17th March (refer the date on the audiboo) i.e. the very next day you posted this blog. Unfortunately, the HTML code that I pasted here failed to yield the result. Yesterday I learned from Tara's Blog that audiboo has come up with a 'flash' option which marries up with EC web page. So, here I am...!
Thanks Zulkifli.. :)
Great collections, Sandeep!
I want to add a new word here which I was looking for so long time.
Woman who hates men - A Misandry
Perfect Mayumi. We need to contact Cambridge to add this word in their dictionary.... or Merriam Webster, perhaps.
Thanks you Mayumi :)
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