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Posted By: wow Descriptive word - 11/19/04 05:20 PM
I was browsing through Noman W. Schur's book "2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words" and came across a word attributed to writer H. L. Mencken that describes many AWADers quite well as many of us seem to be avid readers. It is : bibliobibulous meaning "one who gets drunk on books."
Now how can we make a word meaning "one who gets drunk on words?" Could end up our battle cry!

Posted By: jheem Re: Descriptive word - 11/19/04 05:42 PM
Now how can we make a word meaning "one who gets drunk on words?"

How about word-besotted? Or, if you're in a more Greco-Latinate mode: verbobibulous, dipsolexic, logokraipalous, methylexic.

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Descriptive word - 11/20/04 04:25 AM
should that be logocrapulous?
Posted By: jheem Re: Descriptive word - 11/20/04 12:49 PM
Not since I was doing the coining. Latin crapula 'excessive wine-drinking, intoxication, inebriation' < Greek kraipale 'drinking-bout; intoxication; drunken headache'. But others might prefer logocræpalous.

Posted By: plutarch Re: Descriptive word - 11/20/04 01:17 PM
how can we make a word meaning "one who gets drunk on words"?

Bibulopalaverous, Wow.

BTW, I see that "palaverous" was a "Worthless Word for the Day" selection.

palaverous
full of or given to palaver: wordy, verbose


Makes sense that bibulopalaverous would be our signature word around here.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Descriptive word - 11/20/04 02:01 PM
crapula-kraipale

ah, 'tis those subtleties...

Posted By: wow Re: Descriptive word - 11/20/04 05:52 PM
logocrapulous?

Not sure that's what I'd want prnted on the T-shirt

Posted By: plutarch Re: Descriptive word - 11/21/04 12:32 PM
re logocrapulous: "Not sure that's what I'd want prnted on the T-shirt."

Or imprinted on your shoe.

Anyone who has ever stepped in a cow pie in a farmer's field would understand your reservations about "logocrapulous", Wow.

Reminds me of this little ditty:

Little birdy in the sky
Dropped some white wash in my eye
I don't complain and I don't cry
I'm just glad that cows can't fly


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