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[Summer]

Early this week or last week, I saw a word on here that is used for "someone who is afraid of running out of something to read" and I have forgotten it. Can someone refresh my memory please!? I can't seem to find it Thanks

[Slava]

abibliophobia

Found here: http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/phobias.html

It's the first one.

Welcome to the Agora! Hope you enjoy your stay.

[Summer]

Thank you sooo much!

[Slava]

Glad I could help.

[Dr. Goodword]

Here is a more in-depth treatment:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/abibliophobia.html

[Audiendus]

I note that atelophobia means fear of imperfection. Shouldn't philately therefore mean love of imperfection? Is there something imperfect about stamp-collecting?

Or does it refer to philatelists' love of imperfect stamps, which can be very valuable? Probably not, but it's an interesting thought.

[Slava]

I note that atelophobia means fear of imperfection. Shouldn't philately therefore mean love of imperfection? Is there something imperfect about stamp-collecting?

Or does it refer to philatelists' love of imperfect stamps, which can be very valuable? Probably not, but it's an interesting thought.

I do wish I had an inverted Jenny, but that's not to be. The old British Guiana Black on Magenta is out of my league, too. And that's a normal one.

The real root of the word:

philately
"stamp-collecting," 1865, coined by Fr. stamp collector Georges Herpin (in "Le Collectionneur de Timbres-poste," Nov. 15, 1864), from Gk. phil- "loving" + ateleia "exemption from tax," the closest word he could find in ancient Gk. to the concept of "postage stamp" (from a- "without" + telos "tax"). A reminder of the original function of postage stamps, now often forgotten: the cost of letter-carrying formerly was paid by the recipient; stamps indicated it had been pre-paid by the sender, thus the letters were "carriage-free."

[Stargzer]

...The real root of the word: ... A reminder of the original function of postage stamps, now often forgotten: the cost of letter-carrying formerly was paid by the recipient; stamps indicated it had been pre-paid by the sender, thus the letters were "carriage-free.

WHOA! Can you imagine having to pay for Junk Mail, let alone SPAM?

[Slava]

WHOA! Can you imagine having to pay for Junk Mail, let alone SPAM?

Fortunately, there wasn't any way back when. Sadly, both are with us now.