telephonophile
English
Etymology
From telephone + -o- + -phile.
Noun
telephonophile (plural telephonophiles) (rare)
- A lover of telephones.
- 1955 October, The Manitoba Medical Review, page 523, column 1:
- 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.
- 1959, The New Esquire Etiquette: A Guide to Business, Sports and Social Conduct, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 272:
- 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?
- 1983, The Bulletin, volume 103, page 62, column 2:
- 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.
- 1989, Cadence, volume 15, page 12, column 2:
- 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.