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I am looking for a name for an idea that I have for a website. It is a niche hobby, but there is a greek word for it that most people don't know. Lets say its a book club and the word was Bibliophile or a music club called Melophile.

Would you, if you did not know the meaning, think of it as something sexual, or maybe even something bad? I am nervous that users might relate it to pedophile even though that is just one of, (but maybe best known) philias there are

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[–] invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

"one who pays too much for speaker cables"

[–] invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

A true audiophile can tell the difference between when its wound clockwise vs anticlockwise. /s

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

also see: rube.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I always refer to myself as “a bit of an audiophile” because I went and researched a ton to get a particular amp and not your typical Sony speakers/ soundbar. And I just have particular interest in nice sound reproduction.

But my speaker cables are just about as cheap as you can get.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

Mine are the remnants of a vacuum cleaner power cord. There's a lot of copper there, and a lot of rubber between them.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Botanophile... my question is, what the average user who does not know the word or can guess it, will think of it. There is not doubt that it is not a sexual suffix, but if the reader does not recognize it, would they think it was?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Just go with Botanyphile. With perhaps a very brief explanation in the Forward.

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

That you like IRC bots.