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Jun 17, 2000 This week's theme Words about booklovers This week's words bibliophage bibliophile bibliolater bibliotaph biblioklept bibliophobe biblioclast A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg bibliophobe (BIB-lee-uh-foab) noun: A person who hates, fears, or distrusts books. [Biblio- book + -phobe one that fears.] "If you have a bibliophobe in your family, here are a few suggestions. First, take the child to the library and find the area with books about his or her favorite hobbies." Kate Tsubata; Summer Vacation Isn't a Break from Reading; The Washington Times; Jun 30, 1998. X-Bonus Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. -Robert Benchley

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