The Wonderful World Of Words, 3/18/17
I'm a big kid. I love drinking chocolate milk. I'm not afraid to watch some cartoons once in a while when I'm with my nieces and actually be attentive.
--Billy Horschel
DEFINITION:
Noun
One who drinks milk
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Greek (galo-, "milk" + -phago "to eat")
PRONUNCIATION:
[Gal
actoph´a`gist]
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
23, but it is not considered an official Scrabble word
USAGE/EXAMPLES:
"I created that law not from my mind but from my very heart, and to think that you would use that ... that ... gift, in which to attack me in court today is beyond my udder imagination! So this is the milking I get for being, in part, a GALACTOPHAGIST!"
--Occultus Liber: A Novel by Neil Baker
by Neil Baker, 2014
"Milk might do for a GALACTOPHAGIST like you, but I need some money, honey; I want to go out and have something delectable, dear."
--The King and the Cat
by Thomas Starling, 1975
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