not to be confused with a nymphomaniac, an infomaniac is a person who thrives and exists based on his
knowledge of facts (usually
useless ones), much
like a nymphomaniac relies on sex.
the symptoms of infomaniacy are obvious: a person who gathers information about anything in a very broad spectrum and without focus and has the need to share said information with all his surroundings.
John: "Did you hear that
today in the news there was this article about the
new research of the migration patterns of the extinct arctic
snail that lived 400,000 years ago on a diet of microscopic alge and plankton and..."
Mia: Interrupting "You are such an infomaniac...."