March 05, 2008, 21:22
TimboFavorite Lexical Sobriquet
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.
March 06, 2008, 05:04
zmježdI am a
philologist in both the etymological and the 19th-century meanings.
March 06, 2008, 07:55
tsuwmI've been called a sesquipedalian logolept.

March 07, 2008, 20:32
KallehI also like linguaphile. We had this thread some time
ago.March 08, 2008, 07:12
<Asa Lovejoy>Being a lowly blue-collar type,
word freak suits me.

March 08, 2008, 18:26
KallehHey, 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.
March 08, 2008, 18:38
<Asa Lovejoy>"Erudite?" No, Kalleh, that's "troglodyte!"

March 08, 2008, 20:14
CaterwaullerMost of my friends would just generally call me Verbose.
April 02, 2008, 17:07
TimboI've recently taken up roots in my new favorite self-referent: Orismologist

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April 02, 2008, 18:09
wordmaticI'm a wordophile or a wordie (as in "foodie.")
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