"someone who is afraid of running out of something to r
"someone who is afraid of running out of something to r
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
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Found here: http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/phobias.html
It's the first one.
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Found here: http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/phobias.html
It's the first one.
Welcome to the Agora! Hope you enjoy your stay.
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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.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.
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."
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WHOA! Can you imagine having to pay for Junk Mail, let alone SPAM?...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.
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