March 26, 2009
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Bibliolexicon
This fun list is taken from a list found in A Passion for Books : A Book Lover’s Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books
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BibliolexiconBibliobibule One who reads too much
Biblioclast One who tears pages from or otherwise destroys books
Bibliographe One who describes books
Biblioklept One who steals books
Bibliomane One who accumulates books indiscriminately
Bibliomaniac A book lover gone mad
Bibliophage One who eats or devours books
Bibilophile One who loves books
Bibliophobe One who fears books
Bibliopole One who sells books
Biblioriptos One who throws books around
Bibliosopher One who gains wisdom from books
Bibliotaphe One who buries or hides books
Comments (9)
About 25 years ago, I heard Pat Robertson and his co-host talking on the 700 Club about how biased the media was against Christians. They used the example of a news story about the death of a bibliophile. They were shocked that the man was labeled by his Bible reading
I was shocked that Pat didn’t know what a bibliophile was.
I plead guilty to all the biblios. Perhaps we will have book for dinner.
@Cindy - Oh, that is rich! That is shockingly funny! Yikes!
My mom and I have been thinking about going to see “The Reader.” She lives 5 hours away so we really aren’t, but it sounds like a great movie. Most likely we would be disappointed, it can’t be as good as it sounds.
So I notice you aren’t telling us which of these things YOU are, my friend!!!
And about the movie, The Reader, I don’t recommend it. I went because I was interested in the theme of the Nazi trials, but the first half of the movie is about this woman who teaches/sleeps with a young boy of 15. A lot of unnecessary nudity, too. Just IMHO.
@Wildflowersp - I just wanted you to see the comment above.
@LimboLady - Thanks for the info. I had no idea at all what the movie was about, but the title itself sounded great. In actuality a movie about someone reading would most likely be boring, as in you might as well be reading yourself…
I love this! Very fun!
Carmon made reference to this list several years ago, but now I know where to find it first hand. Thanks for book title.
Awesome list! Most familiar with ‘bibilophile’, I believe. Too bad that ‘biblio-’ has a Biblical association to some… although it seems to have the same Greek root.