Asinine Post

When I was younger I compiled a collection of -ine words, focusing on those that describe animals. Everyone knows canine and feline, but there are a million more. There is a reason for this list though, to make the user appear much more intelligent than they really are. Especially to creative writing professors.

For example:

Before: The man looked like a bear and we were frightened. boring.
After: Ursine, the man frightened us. still seriously bad, but enough to help your grade

I'm going to put a little list (incomplete) together here for your enjoyment with the table of definitions in the comments section. Then maybe I'll go sailing some time. Seriously, use these in conversation or your next sales report and it's like an extra 3 IQ points that you don't deserve.

anserine
aquiline
asinine
bovine
canine
caprine
corvine
equine
feline
glirine
hircine
leonine
leporine
lupine
murine
ovine
piscine
porcine
ranine
serpentine
ursine
vespine
vulpine

Note: if you have found this post through Google (and many do), please take the time to read the rest of my blog, it's about sailing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thanks.