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stranger
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What is a word to describe someone who loves words, besides a linguaphile?
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Pooh-Bah
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Well, there's logophile, but I guess you might be looking for something slightly shorter and pithier?
Welcome to the Board, by the way.
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Carpal Tunnel
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epeolatry is the worship of words, so perhaps we could coin epeolatrist, or epeolator.. <g>
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Pooh-Bah
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Gee, at least I was trying to help! 
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stranger
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thanks! the more words the merrier...
any and all ideas, appreciated...
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Pooh-Bah
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My brother calls it "being a geek" but that's probably not what you were looking for. 
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Pooh-Bah
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Welcome to the feast, gillian.
If you wish to be self-deprecatory, then I have heard "word-nerd" - on the lines of Zed's brother's phrase, but a bit more specific.
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