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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(humorous, nonstandard) A student of ferroequinology; a person who studies trains as a hobby..
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.
Use ferroequinologist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ferroequinologist means (humorous, nonstandard) A student of ferroequinology; a person who studies trains as a hobby..
Common synonyms include railfan.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1954, Trains, Kalmbach Pub. Co. And because you care, you’ve automatically classified yourself as a railfan (alias railroad enthusiast, train-watcher, ferroequinologist).
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