Word of the week, one day late and courtesy of
rebarnmom and
pshrynk, is
pica.
Some chatter salvaged this week on the subject....there is more than one defintion.
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Originally Posted by rebarnmom
Bookarexia/Bookalemia: a newly catagorized disease (eating disorder) for those who consume vast quantities of books... literally. 
(I'm sure someone can come up with a better, technically accurate word or name for this than I.) |
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Originally Posted by pshrynk
It's called pica, and applies to all sorts of things, books included.
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Originally Posted by rebarnmom
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." |
Plus we have a late breaking synonym:
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Originally Posted by lightfusegetaway
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rebarnmom uses both definitions in one sentence, can anyone else. Or any play on words...