Catch Word #285 – Cinephile, gearhead, history buff
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This episode is great for intermediate to advanced English learners who want to build their vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
In this lesson, you’ll learn:
How to use useful, advanced vocabulary like cinephile, metalhead, and audiophile
The difference between -phile, -head, buff, -holic, and fiend
How to avoid sounding unnatural or overdoing it when using slang
Why these expressions show up in pop culture, podcasts, and movies
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to Catchword, the Culep series that helps you build your English vocabulary |
| 0:06.1 | by learning useful expressions and how to use them naturally. I'm Andrew and my co-host, Indiana, |
| 0:13.3 | will be joining me in just a moment. In today's lesson, we're going to talk about three suffixes, |
| 0:20.7 | file, head, and buff. And these are commonly |
| 0:25.0 | used in English to describe people who are big fans of something, like movies, music, or even |
| 0:32.4 | chocolate. To help you really master today's expressions, don't forget to check out the study guide. |
| 0:38.4 | It includes an interactive transcript, detailed vocabulary breakdowns, explanations, |
| 0:44.9 | and examples, a quiz, and more. |
| 0:47.8 | Plus, with a Culep's membership, you also get access to exclusive, special member-only learning materials like our fluency |
| 0:57.0 | files series, our speaking classes, bonus contents, and our full library of lessons, |
| 1:03.7 | all ad-free. To sign up and become a member today, just visit our website, cullips.com. |
| 1:10.8 | And guys, if you haven't already joined our Culep's Discord server, I highly recommend it. |
| 1:16.1 | It's a friendly place where you can connect with other English learners just like you. |
| 1:20.7 | You can ask questions and you can practice English every single day. |
| 1:25.2 | The link to join is in the description for this episode, and it's free to |
| 1:29.8 | join, so we'll see you there. Okay, it's time to get started with this lesson. Here we go. Enjoy. |
| 1:38.7 | Hey there, Indiana. How is it going? I'm good. How are you, Andrew? I'm doing good. |
| 1:54.3 | And we'll get started just by saying that the three expressions that we'll explore in this lesson all relate to being a fan. |
| 1:54.9 | Okay. |
| 2:02.1 | If you're a fan of something or if you love something or if you're really into something, then we can use one of these expressions to talk about that. And although these expressions are connected in that way and that |
| 2:09.1 | they all talk about being a fan of something, they are very different. And there are some rules |
| 2:15.2 | about when you can use them and when you can't use them. |
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