Abibliophobia

Abibliophobia. – “Abibliophobia: The morbid fear of running out of reading material.”

“Words on –phobia originally referred to psychotic conditions but now we have extracted a word, “phobia,” from the suffix and add it wherever we please: “Wylie is such an abibliophobe that he never leaves the house without several magazines under his arm.” In a world where this word could refer to a psychotic state, we could say, “What better refuge from abibliophobia than the library?” (from Your Dictionary Word of the Day) [Library Stuff]

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