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4. My house is full of books too. There is a word for that: tsundoku

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 03:57 PM

Nov 2022

tsundoku -
It means buying books and letting them pile up unread. The word dates back to the very beginning of modern Japan, the Meiji era (1868-1912) and has its origins in a pun. Tsundoku, which literally means reading pile
http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/tsundoku-should-enter-the-english-language.html

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For whatever it's worth Tansy_Gold Nov 2022 #1

That's a lot of books! DemReadingDU Nov 2022 #2

LOL -- Yes, it is! Tansy_Gold Nov 2022 #3

My house is full of books too. There is a word for that: tsundoku DemReadingDU Nov 2022 #4

It's a good word. Tansy_Gold Nov 2022 #5