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- noun The sort of
people whoread too much.
Etymologies
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Reflections of an RSCJ tallskinnykiwi bibliobibuli
Archive 2010-01-01 Alex Tang 2010
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Reflections of an RSCJ tallskinnykiwi bibliobibuli
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Reflections of an RSCJ tallskinnykiwi bibliobibuli
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Reflections of an RSCJ tallskinnykiwi bibliobibuli
Archive 2010-03-01 Alex Tang 2010
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Reflections of an RSCJ tallskinnykiwi bibliobibuli
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Reflections of an RSCJ tallskinnykiwi bibliobibuli
Archive 2010-04-01 Alex Tang 2010
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September 18, 2007 11: 45 AM bibliobibuli said ...
What The Best Dressed Books Are Wearing Sharon Bakar 2007
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Labels: biblioart, bookmarks, the pleasures and perils of reading posted by bibliobibuli at 9: 40 PM
What The Best Dressed Books Are Wearing Sharon Bakar 2007
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March 04, 2006 9: 48 PM bibliobibuli said ... chet's dead right, walker ... we should just ignore the sign in front of the figure ... i paid £7 for a utthapam in london!!!!
Literature for the Sub-Literate Sharon Bakar 2006
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March 05, 2006 4: 38 AM bibliobibuli said ... that's great!
Literature for the Sub-Literate Sharon Bakar 2006
slumry commented on the word bibliobibuli
Good word! My kind of people.
July 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bibliobibuli
Are these people related to bibliophagists? ;-)
July 12, 2007
snoctipii commented on the word bibliobibuli
hah. thats me.
March 10, 2008
whichbe commented on the word bibliobibuli
People who read too much and so are generally oblivious to the world around them.
May 12, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word bibliobibuli
JM has read about bibliobibuli and must do some more research to determine if it is worth asking anyone he knows about the phenomenon
December 14, 2009
chelster commented on the word bibliobibuli
G. Carruth and E. Ehrlich's Harper Book of American Quotations (1988) shows that this word was coined by H. L. Mencken in Minority Report, published in 1956 (not 1957, as Wiktionary claims).
August 17, 2010
Roelne commented on the word bibliobibuli
That's SOOOO my sister
October 10, 2011
Logophile77 commented on the word bibliobibuli
It is American humorist H. L. Mencken’s coinage, and it refers to people who read too much. Is there such a thing as reading too much? Well, Mencken thought so: ‘There are some 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.’
January 23, 2018