If you are passionate about books and reading, you may have encountered some terminologies and abbreviations that are commonly used in the literary world.
Here are some of the most popular terminologies and what they mean:
- Bibliophile: a person who loves or collects books
- Bibliomania: excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books
- Bibliosmia: the smell or aroma of a good book or the act of smelling books
- Bibliophagist: a person who devours books, literally or figuratively
- Bookworm: a person who reads a lot or is fond of reading
- Bibliognost: a person having a deep knowledge of books
- Cliffhanger: an ending of a book that leaves the reader in suspense or uncertainty
- Genre: a category of books that share similar themes, settings, or styles
- Foxing: rust colored spots which occur on paper resulting from oxidation of both organic and iron impurities left behind during the paper making process
- Lectiophile: a person who loves reading
- Librocubicularist: a person who reads in bed
- Logophile: a lover of words
- Trope: a common or recurring theme, motif, or device in a book
- Tsundoku: to buy reading materials and let them pile up
Let us have a look at some of the popular abbreviations:
- ARC: Advance Reader Copy
- BL: Book List
- CR: Currently Reading
- DNF: Did Not Finish
- Indie: An independent author
- MC: Main Character
- OOP: Out of Print
- POV: Point of View
- TBR: To Be Read
- YA: Young Adult
Happy Reading 🙂
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