by alpinedad February 5, 2007
Get the bidiot mug.The term is a mixture of Greek ("biblio" -- meaning books) and Latin ("bibulous" from "bibere" -- meaning to drink), and can be loosely translated as being drunk on books.
"bibliobibuli" was a term coined in 1957 by H. L. Mencken who said:
"There are people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing."
"There are people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing."
by Kelli Christiansen January 15, 2008
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One who, to an outsider, it seems owns too many books.
"They crowd the shelves two or three deep, sideways or stacked any way they'll fit; they pile on tables waiting to be read, re-read, or simply kept forever. It's gotten to the point where they've started to multiply when you're not watching -- there's definitely more today than yesterday. And it'll keep on like this, until there's nothing at all left but books, books, and more books. How glorious.
Others don't understand, but you -- you breathe the stuff. You inhale paper and exhale ink; you live between pages, and your habitat is the written word. For you are a bibliophibian. "
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"They crowd the shelves two or three deep, sideways or stacked any way they'll fit; they pile on tables waiting to be read, re-read, or simply kept forever. It's gotten to the point where they've started to multiply when you're not watching -- there's definitely more today than yesterday. And it'll keep on like this, until there's nothing at all left but books, books, and more books. How glorious.
Others don't understand, but you -- you breathe the stuff. You inhale paper and exhale ink; you live between pages, and your habitat is the written word. For you are a bibliophibian. "
-from the tshirt description on topatoco
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by j's vixen March 31, 2009
Get the bigious alious mug.A person who is obsessive over books. Unlike a bibliophile, and bibliomaniac does not have a defined and concise collection, but rather obsesses over having every single book possible, and gives preference to signed books or other books of value; ie. Antique books. Additionally, a bibliomaniac can and does give justification for having more than one copy of the same book.
1) Steve is a total bibliomaniac, he's always buying all these books just cause they're on sale, and gives books preference over his food budget.
2) Yomiko's house is filled to the brim with books. She's a total bibliomaniac.
3) Maggie and Michelle are true bibliomaniacs, they've got 14 copies of Jane Eyre, and 19 reasons why they should.
2) Yomiko's house is filled to the brim with books. She's a total bibliomaniac.
3) Maggie and Michelle are true bibliomaniacs, they've got 14 copies of Jane Eyre, and 19 reasons why they should.
by James_Howlett January 13, 2008
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