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  1. jayasala42

    jayasala42 IL Hall of Fame

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    Come on, let us learn some interesting facts related to "Books". and reading.Even people who are branded
    as voracious readers have difficulty in
    understanding a few of the following words.
    1 Dog's Ear ...while reading a book when we get up we fold the corner of the page we were reading. That is known as Dog's Ear.
    Corner Fold
    2 Librocubicularist... the person who reads book lying on the bed.
    Idle Reader
    3 Epeolatry...a person who worships words. Tries to string out the sweetness from every word. This is found mainly with Linguists.
    Honey Tongue

    4 Logophile... a person who is fascinated with words.
    Words Fan
    5 Bibliosmia...The smell of old books.
    Record Room Smell
    6 Book bosomed ... A person who cannot stay a moment without books.
    Book Holder
    7 Omnilegend...A person who reads all types of books without judging the subject.
    Book Lover
    8 BallyCumber... Books which are half read. These books are called BallyCumber.
    Unfinished Books
    9 Tsundoku ... it is a Japanese word. There is no English word for it. This means that after purchase the book was not opened even once.


    10 Princep. ...The first printed copy of any book is called Princep.
    First Copy
    11 Sesquipedalian... A word which has many Syllable such as ses/qui/pe/da/li/an.
    Confusing Word
    12 Colophon... the spine of the book or where the publishers logo is seen.
    13 Bibliclasm.. To spoil a book knowingly.
    Book Review
    14 Fascine.. Part. 1st part, 2nd part etc. A book which is published in many parts such Encyclopedia Britannica, Oxford Dictionary etc.
    15 Afflicted. ... After reading a book if a person feels like crying at the end but is unable to do so. This feeling is called afflicted.
    Pain in the neck
    16 Bookklempt... when you have finished reading the last episode and you know that there is no other episode to read but you are unable to digest this truth, this feeling is known as Bookklempt.
    Unfinished
    17 Chaptigue...the tired feeling which you get in the morning after reading a book for the whole night is known as Chaptigue
    Fatigue
    18 Delitrium..the good feeling which you get from the smell of a newly purchased book.
    19 Madgedy ... repeatedly reading a sad story and hoping that the end will be different.


    20 Mehnertia ...after reading a book for sometime and than reading it from the start all over again because you forgot what you were reading.
    21 Rageammed..when you advocate your friends to read a book which you liked and they inform you that they have already read the book and they did not like it. The feeling which have at that moment is known as Rageammend
    22 Swapshame..when after reading a book for sometime you think that there was another book which you liked and you are in a dilemma which one to read first, this condition of yours is known as Swapshame.
    You can now understand that even if you acquire knowledge by reading books but these words were unknown to you.

    Jayasala 42
     
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  2. joylokhi

    joylokhi Platinum IL'ite

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    Good one! I was surprised to see I knew only 2 words out of the lot! :)
     

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