Beach•ol•o•gy |bē CH äləjē|
noun
- the study of the composition, attractiveness , and location of sandy areas adjacent to oceans.
- the study of comparative population density of sandy areas.
DERIVATIVES
beachological |bē CH ōˈläjikəl| adjective
beachologically |bē CH ōˈläjik(ə)lē| adverb
beachologist |-jist| noun
ORIGIN late 20th cent.: from “The Elusive Beaches of Eleuthera”
When we coined the term “Beachologists” as a fun way to describe what we do we had no idea it would actually enter the language and be used by other people. Google now returns over 200 hits and since we can’t see any listings prior to our book’s release. We think it is fair to claim the credit for this new “science”.