Word to describe someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word
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What is the word for someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word?
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Like others, I've closevoted as "Too Broad". But I can't see that it would be any more On-Topic if restricted to ...someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word that starts with Q, for example! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
You are the only person here who has down voted this......
– Restfullsine
1 hour ago
I didn't downvote. I closevoted, for the reason implied in my comment. The idea that English would have a dedicated term for "someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word" just strikes me as bizarre. On a par with "someone who constantly needs to know the exact time of day (to the nearest minute)". I'm sure such people exist, but not in sufficient numbers that we'd need to identify them that precisely. Whatever, you might consider logophile as being "in that general area".
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
A pedant, perhaps? ;)
– Lisbeth
1 hour ago
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@Lisbeth: Speaking as a some-time pedant myself (witness previous comment re the closevote / downvote distinction! :), I think that usually we pedants already know the exact definitions. We just get worked up about other people not using the words correctly (because they don't know the exact definitions! :)
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What is the word for someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word?
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Like others, I've closevoted as "Too Broad". But I can't see that it would be any more On-Topic if restricted to ...someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word that starts with Q, for example! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
You are the only person here who has down voted this......
– Restfullsine
1 hour ago
I didn't downvote. I closevoted, for the reason implied in my comment. The idea that English would have a dedicated term for "someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word" just strikes me as bizarre. On a par with "someone who constantly needs to know the exact time of day (to the nearest minute)". I'm sure such people exist, but not in sufficient numbers that we'd need to identify them that precisely. Whatever, you might consider logophile as being "in that general area".
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
A pedant, perhaps? ;)
– Lisbeth
1 hour ago
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@Lisbeth: Speaking as a some-time pedant myself (witness previous comment re the closevote / downvote distinction! :), I think that usually we pedants already know the exact definitions. We just get worked up about other people not using the words correctly (because they don't know the exact definitions! :)
– FumbleFingers
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Like others, I've closevoted as "Too Broad". But I can't see that it would be any more On-Topic if restricted to ...someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word that starts with Q, for example! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
You are the only person here who has down voted this......
– Restfullsine
1 hour ago
I didn't downvote. I closevoted, for the reason implied in my comment. The idea that English would have a dedicated term for "someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word" just strikes me as bizarre. On a par with "someone who constantly needs to know the exact time of day (to the nearest minute)". I'm sure such people exist, but not in sufficient numbers that we'd need to identify them that precisely. Whatever, you might consider logophile as being "in that general area".
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
A pedant, perhaps? ;)
– Lisbeth
1 hour ago
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@Lisbeth: Speaking as a some-time pedant myself (witness previous comment re the closevote / downvote distinction! :), I think that usually we pedants already know the exact definitions. We just get worked up about other people not using the words correctly (because they don't know the exact definitions! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
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Like others, I've closevoted as "Too Broad". But I can't see that it would be any more On-Topic if restricted to ...someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word that starts with Q, for example! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
Like others, I've closevoted as "Too Broad". But I can't see that it would be any more On-Topic if restricted to ...someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word that starts with Q, for example! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
You are the only person here who has down voted this......
– Restfullsine
1 hour ago
You are the only person here who has down voted this......
– Restfullsine
1 hour ago
I didn't downvote. I closevoted, for the reason implied in my comment. The idea that English would have a dedicated term for "someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word" just strikes me as bizarre. On a par with "someone who constantly needs to know the exact time of day (to the nearest minute)". I'm sure such people exist, but not in sufficient numbers that we'd need to identify them that precisely. Whatever, you might consider logophile as being "in that general area".
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
I didn't downvote. I closevoted, for the reason implied in my comment. The idea that English would have a dedicated term for "someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word" just strikes me as bizarre. On a par with "someone who constantly needs to know the exact time of day (to the nearest minute)". I'm sure such people exist, but not in sufficient numbers that we'd need to identify them that precisely. Whatever, you might consider logophile as being "in that general area".
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
A pedant, perhaps? ;)
– Lisbeth
1 hour ago
A pedant, perhaps? ;)
– Lisbeth
1 hour ago
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@Lisbeth: Speaking as a some-time pedant myself (witness previous comment re the closevote / downvote distinction! :), I think that usually we pedants already know the exact definitions. We just get worked up about other people not using the words correctly (because they don't know the exact definitions! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
@Lisbeth: Speaking as a some-time pedant myself (witness previous comment re the closevote / downvote distinction! :), I think that usually we pedants already know the exact definitions. We just get worked up about other people not using the words correctly (because they don't know the exact definitions! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
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Like others, I've closevoted as "Too Broad". But I can't see that it would be any more On-Topic if restricted to ...someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word that starts with Q, for example! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
You are the only person here who has down voted this......
– Restfullsine
1 hour ago
I didn't downvote. I closevoted, for the reason implied in my comment. The idea that English would have a dedicated term for "someone who needs to know the exact definition of a word" just strikes me as bizarre. On a par with "someone who constantly needs to know the exact time of day (to the nearest minute)". I'm sure such people exist, but not in sufficient numbers that we'd need to identify them that precisely. Whatever, you might consider logophile as being "in that general area".
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago
A pedant, perhaps? ;)
– Lisbeth
1 hour ago
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@Lisbeth: Speaking as a some-time pedant myself (witness previous comment re the closevote / downvote distinction! :), I think that usually we pedants already know the exact definitions. We just get worked up about other people not using the words correctly (because they don't know the exact definitions! :)
– FumbleFingers
1 hour ago