autophile

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English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ -phile.[1]

Noun

autophile (plural autophiles)

  1. An automobile enthusiast.
    • 2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in The New York Times‎:
      The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.

References

  1. ^ “autophile, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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