Call Me Joe Turophile
Turophile means "cheese lover."
Turophile is definitely a recently invented word in English, drawing on the Greek words "tyros" (cheese) and "philos" ("love").
It's not known exactly who made it up. The word was around in the late 1930s, though used very rarely.
Clifton Fadiman (died 20 June 1999 in Florida, aged 95), host of the
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