Citations:paperphilia

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English citations of paperphilia

Noun: "the appreciation of and preference for paper"

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  • 1979Walter L. Buenger, "Confessions of a Paperphiliac; or, The Paper Chase", The Flyleaf, Vol. 29, No. 4, December 1979:
    I must have inherited paperphilia from my grandmother.
  • 1994 — Gareth Powell, "The fax of life", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 1994:
    This paperphilia accounts for the staggering success of facsimile transmission as a means of communication.
  • 2010 — William Powers, Hamlet's BlackBerry, Harper (2010), →ISBN, page 139:
    Maybe paperphilia really isn't so different from the recessive pinings that motivate some people to own antique cars.