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  1. n. The sort of people who read too much.

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  • Roelne That's SOOOO my sister Oct 10, 2011

  • chelster G. Carruth and E. Ehrlich's Harper Book of American Quotations (1988) shows that this word was coined by H. L. Mencken in Minority Report, published in 1956 (not 1957, as Wiktionary claims). Aug 16, 2010

  • jmjarmstrong JM has read about bibliobibuli and must do some more research to determine if it is worth asking anyone he knows about the phenomenon Dec 14, 2009

  • whichbe People who read too much and so are generally oblivious to the world around them. May 12, 2008

  • snoctipii hah. thats me. Mar 9, 2008

  • reesetee Are these people related to bibliophagists? ;-) Jul 12, 2007

  • slumry Good word! My kind of people. Jul 12, 2007

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‘bibliobibuli’ has been looked up 3536 times, loved by 39 people, added to 39 lists, commented on 7 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.