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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 36, September 3, 2001, Article 12

NEW WORD:  BIBLIOHOLISM. 

   Dick Johnson writes: "I had to learn a new word this week: 
   Biblioholism.  For my birthday my daughter gave me a 
   sweater with it blazoned in white letters on a blue background. 
   Lucky for me it also gives the derivation and definition (right 
   on the sweater): 

   bib' li•o•hol' ism  (bibl' le e hol' iz' em)  [<Gr Biblion]  n. 
     [BIBLIO + HOLISM]  books, of books: the habitual 
     longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and 
     consume books in excess. 

   Libraries here in Connecticut all have book sales this Labor 
   Day weekend.  I can't wait to wear it.  Then everyone will 
   know I have this strange malaise.  The only apparent cure, 
   I guess .... is to buy more BOOKS.  The sweater came from 
   Wireless at giftcatalog.com.   They also offer, surprise!, a book 
   of the same name by Tom Raabe." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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