word nerd
Lexicon-obsessed person
A word nerd is someone with an enthusiastic, perhaps obsessive interest in words—their meanings, origins, usage, and quirks.
The term is affectionate and often self-applied: I'm such a word nerd—I spent an hour reading about the etymology of "goodbye".
Related to bookworm and grammar nerd, but specifically focused on vocabulary and language.
- logophileLover of vocabulary
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
language lover · copy editor · dictionary · grammar nazi · anagrams · etymology · dead languages · polyglot · palindromes · spoonerisms · linguistics · spelling bee · syntax · Oxford comma · neologisms · puns · sesquipedalian · archaic terms
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, wordsmith, wordsmiths, wordmonger
- word peoplelexicographer, linguist, neologist, etymologist, grammarian
- word game playerscrossword solver
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