Bookworm

Sculpture of a "bookworm" in Neumarkt in Styria

The term bookworm referred to in the vernacular people who like to read a lot; Synonyms are for example " bookworm " or "book fanatic". The term has been used since the late 19th century. It can have a slightly negative connotation, triggered by the word “ rat ”. One can associate it with the greed with which a bookworm devours a wide variety of literature.

In the 1920s, the term in student language was also used to describe lecturers who did not speak freely, but only read their lecture from a manuscript .

See also

• bibliomania
• Bibliophilia
• Bookworm
• Reading addiction

Individual evidence

1. ^ Trübner's German Dictionary , Volume 4, Berlin 1943, p. 447
2. ↑ Illustrated Lexicon of German Slang , Volume 5, Stuttgart 1984, p. 1764

Web links

Wiktionary: Bookworm  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Society for German Language eV - Questions and Answers ( Memento from February 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )