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...."
a state that you can get into if have been looking forsesquipedalian and/or esoteric words on the internet or reading trivia books. You're in the "zone" & you would be just fine playing 'Jeopardy' or 'Who wants to be a Millionaire'.
I spent all day looking up strange words on Wikipedia, when, all of a sudden I had a revelation and got infomania, I sounded like a walking Library of Congress.
a person who orders everything they see off of infomercials. They are unable to let one go by without ordering within the first 100 people....
I am an infomaniac...I just ordered a silver bullet, a food dehydrator, two George Foreman grills, and one Jack Lalane juicer...all will arrive on Friday....