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telephonophile en · NOUN

Etymology

From telephone + -o- + -phile.

Meanings

1. (rare) A lover of telephones.
   • Teen-aged telephonophiles are quite another problem. Have you considered giving them a separate wire, or restricting their phone calls during certain hours when you might be expecting a call? 1959, The New Esquire Etiquette: A Guide to Business, Sports and Social Conduct, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 272:
   • After we ran that caveat about CD's and the CD marketing, we received a number of phone calls (curiously no letters) suggesting we were: behind the times; out of touch with technical advancements and suspect on a number of grounds. So much for the vocal telephonophile. 1989, Cadence, volume 15, page 12, column 2:
   • A kindred spirit to the above, even though less vexatious, is the telephonophile, or telephonomaniac. His is the fondness for lengthy and frequent telephone conversations. 1955 October, The Manitoba Medical Review, page 523, column 1:
   • The Queen Mother is a confessed, probably a proud, telephonophile. Recently, from London, she called Colin Stanley-Hill who, as you may have read about 600 times, once worked for her. 1983, The Bulletin, volume 103, page 62, column 2:

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