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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5097178" data-attributes="member: 35909">Oh, I see...Well then, for those lacking any understanding whatsoever of the meaning of words (do you enjoy being denigrated out of hand as much as you enjoy doing it to others?), from <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/professor" target="_blank">dictionary.com</a>:pro·fes·sor /prəˈfɛsər/  Show Spelled[pruh-fes-er]  Show IPA –noun1.a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature. 2.any teacher who has the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor.3.a teacher.4.an instructor in some art or skilled sport: a professor of singing; a professor of boxing. 5.a person who professes his or her sentiments, beliefs, etc.The only place at all I see any reference to a love of words is in the origins:Origin: 1350–1400; ME < ML prōfessor one who has taken the vows of a religious order, L: a public lecturer, equiv. to prō- pro-1 + -fet-, comb. form of fatērī to acknowledge, declare + -tor -tor, with tt > ssEven then it's shaky.  Now granted, I had no english courses or history courses in college, mostly engineering and technical, some Japanese.  But many of my professors I would not categorize as "a lover of words."  My martial arts instructor also had the title (by that I mean, not a nickname, it was his official title) of "professor."  Now, granted, he was also a college professor in psychology, so not the best counter-example, but there it is.</blockquote>

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