dog-earer

Corner fold maker

A dog-earer is someone who folds down the corners of book pages to mark their place.

The term is mildly pejorative among book lovers, who consider the practice damaging: I can't lend books to my sister—she's a chronic dog-earer.

reading

bookworm

Voracious reader

annotator · highlighter · note-taker · browser · skimmer · book-lover · page-turner · studier · researcher

marking

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Temporary position marker

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Opposites
book marking method

dog-earerbookmarker

Reading position indicator

bibliophile · archivist · collector · librarian

Family

dog, ear, dogs, ears, eared, earring, earlobe, doglike, dogged

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Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G