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There seem to be so many of them out there. What's your preferred term testifying to your enjoyment of words?

For now, I think logophile suffices quite well, for me.
 
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I rather like verbivore.


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I am a philologist in both the etymological and the 19th-century meanings.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
 
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I've been called a sesquipedalian logolept. Cool
 
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I also like linguaphile. We had this thread some time ago.
 
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Being a lowly blue-collar type, word freak suits me. Smile
 
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Hey, Asa, Congrats on your 4000 posts! When I look back over some of those posts of yours, there is no way you should call yourself a "lowly blue-collar type." I find you very erudite.
 
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"Erudite?" No, Kalleh, that's "troglodyte!" Big Grin
 
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Most of my friends would just generally call me Verbose.


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I've recently taken up roots in my new favorite self-referent: Orismologist

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I'm a wordophile or a wordie (as in "foodie.")

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Ascriptivism is a viable alternative.
 
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