Dendrophilia

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Dendrophilia is not in the Encarta dictionary, but it is in the OED under the "dendro" prefix. It literally means "love of trees."

Dendrophilia first came up in post #17 of the "Mike Piazza is/is not gay" thread (NYPOST.COM Gossip: In and out with the Mets) of May 21, 2002. One poster, "An Anonymous Dendrophiliac," essayed a flowery defense (now lost) of his first love. Dendrophilia jokes quickly began to sprout elsewhere on the site.

In the John Mabry-Jeremy Giambi thread the very next day, it was widely accepted the trade was made not because Billy Beane wanted Mabry, but because he didn't want Giambi. In hunting for a reason, one Primate jokingly impersonated Giambi admitting sexual relations with...

Posted by Jeremy Giambi on May 22, 2002 at 12:30 PM (#118030)
My dendrophilia just got the better of me and Mr. Beane caught me humping my gamer.

As you can see, some definitions of dendrophilia are not so clear-cut.

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