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Old 02-10-2009, 05:42 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
It's called pica, and applies to all sorts of things, books included.
Somehow, I knew you might have the correct term for this!
It's interesting to note that the other definition of the word deals with the size of print. "She has pica for consuming books with a pica of nine."

Maybe that can be the next Thursday's Word of the Week Wetdogeared!
Well, except that we've already talked about the definition.
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