Black Book

Secret phone numbers

A black book is a personal record of contacts, historically associated with romantic or sexual partners: He keeps a little black book of phone numbers.

The term also refers to official registers of wrongdoers or those out of favor—to be in someone's black book is to have earned their displeasure.

In business, a black book may contain proprietary client information that employees take when changing firms.

Related

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Opposites
secrecy/accessibility

Black Bookphone book

Listing of local numbers

white pages · public record · census · mailing list

reputation/standing

Black Bookwhitelist

Approved access roster

white list · honor roll · guest list · A-list · hall of fame

moral valence

Black BookBook of Life

Divine record of names

honor roll · hall of fame

Family

black, book, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackish

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG