What does telephonophile mean?
Telephonophile means A lover of telephones..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A lover of telephones..
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.
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?
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.
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.
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Telephonophile means A lover of telephones..
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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.
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