X-Phile
X-Phile noun: a fan of the television series The X-Files.
Noun
X-Phile (plural X-Philes)
- A fan of the television series The X-Files.
- And that’s enough to turn an X-phile into an ex-phile.1998, Richard Corliss, Time, quoted in Peter Bart, The Gross: The Hits, the Flops — the Summer That Ate Hollywood, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 227
- The X-Files – as any X-Phile could tell you – divides into two kinds of episodes: the mythology shows, which further the overarching plot of Mulder’s search for the truth that is ‘out there’ about the US government conspiracy to conceal the alien presence; and the stand-alone shows.2003, Robynn J. Stilwell, "The sound is ‘out there’: score, sound design and exoticism in The X-Files", in Allan F. Moore (ed.), Analyzing Popular Music, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 70
Forms of X-Phile
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Origin of X-Phile
Punningly from X-Files and -phile.
Words formed from X-Phile
Questions about X-Phile
- What does X-Phile mean?
- X-Phile means a fan of the television series The X-Files.
- What part of speech is X-Phile?
- X-Phile is a noun.
- What is the plural of X-Phile?
- The plural of X-Phile is X-Philes.
Words near X-Phile in the dictionary
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