Meaning of ferroequinologist | Babel Free

Definitions

A student of ferroequinology; a person who studies trains as a hobby.

humorous, nonstandard

Examples

“1954, Trains, Kalmbach Pub. Co. And because you care, you’ve automatically classified yourself as a railfan (alias railroad enthusiast, train-watcher, ferroequinologist).”

“[E]ven more outrageously, a person heavily into trains is not a trainspotter but a ferro-equinologist (an iron-horsist, no less).”

“The fact that automobiles, buildings, clothing, bridges, watches, locomotives (my personal favorite, being a ferroequinologist!), ad infinitum are designed by people has no bearing whatsoever...”

“It's a schnazzy-looking engine, looks a lot like a GP-35, which I believe our ferroequinologist guru Roger Mitchell says it was rebuilt from.”

“I'd tell you to take the kids on the mixed train.... It was fun even for a raiload^([sic]) victim like me - ferroequinologist father.”

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