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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Word needed #126217 03/30/04 04:39 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Oh dear, it's so difficult to decide which is the best. Depends on my mood as much as anything. But I would particularly recommend: Esme, Adrian, The Secret Sin of Septimius Brope, Reginald on House Parties, and Gabriel-Ernest. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word needed #126218 03/30/04 01:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Raju, I remembered Onelook's resource when I re-read your opening post this morning. Not wanting to make another 100+ line post, I've eliminated all the ones I know aren't it. If you want the whole list, go to http://www.onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=obsessive+desire+of+reading+others'+mails Words and phrases matching your pattern: (We're restricting the list to terms we think are related to obsessive desire of reading others' mails, and sorting by relatedness.) 5. fetish 6. phaneromania 7. bibliomania 8. ricky gervais 9. egomania 19. trichotillomania 23. ahnentafel 24. rabbenu gershom 33. mythoclast 34. circumpunct 35. metaphysics of presence 36. dean kamen 37. crapflooding 38. onomastic 39. florence foster jenkins 40. voyeur 41. peter handke 67. echopraxia 69. voyeurism 70. confelicitous 71. eavesdrop 73. epicaricacy 74. grinch 78. arithmomania 79. bugbear 80. coprolalia 82. ethnomania 83. micromanage 84. neurosis 85. obsess 86. oikofugic 87. quantophrenia 92. mail fraud Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter He may be H H Munro to you #126219 03/30/04 11:03 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC But it's Saki to me. SPLASH! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Laugh out loud #126220 03/30/04 11:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Did you say "sock it to me?" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word needed #126221 03/31/04 08:36 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 24 R raju OP stranger OP raju stranger R Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 24 Thanks Jackie - for acquainting me with onelook's prowesses. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word needed #126222 03/31/04 01:20 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky You're very welcome, raju--we both owe it to tsuwm. By the way, I'm glad you're here. Even more by the way, we have had several new people come aBoard recently (yay!). Has there been another article somewhere about A.W.A.D.? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word needed #126223 04/01/04 10:10 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I believe the Australians have a word - 'stickybeak'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word needed #126224 04/01/04 09:14 PM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 24 R raju OP stranger OP raju stranger R Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 24 It's a nice word dxb, but I believe being a stickybeak is a superclass of being interested in other's mails. Maybe an epistlepryitis is just an amatuer(or focussed!) stickybeak. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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