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# that's philosophy
philately is the art of getting your toes trodden on.
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Sat 3 Feb 2007, 20:06, archived)
# No, you're wrong
it is the keeping of bees. I did a workshop in it.
It's a portmanteau word, which comes from the Greek root "Phil" meaning Phil, + the French word "atelier" meaning workshop. Phil was the guy who ran the workshop.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sat 3 Feb 2007, 20:09, archived)