Pluviophiles

Pluviophiles – (n) A lover of rain; Someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days.

 

Shit, I’m a Pluviophile? Doesn’t that sound a lot like a different kind of  ’ophile’? I don’t care for the word. The meaning suites me though.  But I think that we should have a different word.

Lets break it down. I am, of course going to go straight to Google for my references. For 2 reasons… I am currently on my couch, and I’m entirely too comfortable to be getting up, just to realize that google is the only reference source I have. And, I truly believe, despite popular belief, Google is never wrong. So, here we go.

The meaning of Pluvio, as found on a German website. (because that seemed more fun than the first link.)  ”Raingauge using the weighing principle – with integral data logger or pulse output.”

Ok, that didn’t work out… back to a more reliable source… wikipedia. (or wiktionary)  ”pluvio (plural pluvioj, accusative singular pluvion, accusative plural pluviojn)”

Seriously? How did the German site make more sense? Someone is screwing around on the Wiki sites.

Ok, lets just assume that Pluvio means rain.

Ophile… kind of like Ophilia, the chick from Hamlet.  I’m gonna be honest, the Wikipedia was very long, and there’s a movie on. I don’t have the attention span to translate what I just read. We’ll assume that it had nothing to do with our topic.

Wiki sites missing in action, according to Dictionary.net, “ophile occurs in words which refer to someone who has a very strong liking for people or things of a particular kind”

Well, there you go. I believe that this is a VERY lose translation, but I can see how someone might believe that Pluviophile means, lover of rain.

For the record, I think the more you say “Pluviophile”, the less it sounds like a dirty word, and the more it sounds like a Warner Bros. Toon town. I guess I’m ok with it.

Anymore Pluviophiles out there?

Pluviophiles