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The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 29, 2011 is

bibliobibuli
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(noun) The sort of people who read too much.

'Bibliobibuli' was coined in 1957 by H.L. Mencken, an American writer, and contains the Greek 'biblio,' books, and the Latin 'bibulous,' from 'bibere,' to drink.

 

Example:
"Thomas Carlyle declared that 'in books lies the soul of the whole past time,' while Mencken complained about 'bibliobibuli,' those compulRead More...