-ara

Neologisms with the suffix -ara form a group of names for women who are enthusiasts or fans of something, e.g., jesieniara ‘a person who loves autumn and everything associated with it,’ rzepiara ‘a person who takes pictures in rapeseed fields and shares them on social media.’ The suffix has long been present in colloquial language, where it serves to create augmentative feminine names like kociara ‘a cat lover.’ The suffix -ara is currently very productive, often used to create ad-hoc feminine attributive names that are perceived as neutral, especially when referring to their creators. Sometimes these terms are used mockingly, e.g., koniara, skarpeciara, tapeciara, zodiakara.

Examples of usage:

1.”I am a Vivaldiara because I love all four seasons.” /https://jezykozaur.com/2020/10/18/moje-ulubione-slowa-ktorych-prozno-szukac-w-slownikach/

2.”In winter – a skokara, in summer – a zeglara, which is my next object of interest = sailing.” /https://mobile.twitter.com/norskbib/status/1388765408849694721/

3.”A zodiakara is such a cool space because I can talk about what interests me, and someone actually reads it. https://goingapp.pl/more/astrologiczne-memiarstwo-rozmowa-z-zodiakara-zrynsztoku/.