Friday, 15 January 2016

A new word for me!

"Tsundoku" (n.) is the constant act of buying books, but never reading them. Specifically, it is letting books pile up in one's room so much that the owner never gets a chance to read all of them. 

The origin of "Tsundoku" is Japanese slang.
Posted by Scriptor Senex at 16:37

12 comments:

  1. Mark15 January 2016 at 16:48

    I can think of plenty of people (myself included) that suffers from this problem. nice to know there is a word for it!

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  2. Librarian15 January 2016 at 18:51

    Not guilty - I do have a pile of books, but a) I have not bought any of them myself and b) I do read them one by one, slowly but surely :-)

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  3. dennistheeremite15 January 2016 at 19:51

    Call me "Tsundoku".

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  4. DawnTreader15 January 2016 at 20:08

    Useful word :) If it applies also to Kindle, then I'm guilty...

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  5. Tabor15 January 2016 at 20:12

    I was just going to say it sounded Japanese. Must be a problem in that country if they have a word for it. I am a little like that, but I don't think it has reached the stage of pathological...yet.

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  6. Graham Edwards15 January 2016 at 23:03

    I can relate top that CJ!

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  7. messymimi16 January 2016 at 03:27

    Well, um, i try to get to them, really i do, and i do get to all of them eventually. But, yes, i buy them and they do pile up a bit before they get read.

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  8. VirginiaC16 January 2016 at 10:54

    Hi CJ, that's a new word for me too...I would have never guessed the meaning if I had to break it down...thanks for enriching my vocabulary once again.

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  9. Canadian Chickadee18 January 2016 at 23:12

    Oh no! I think I have it! Is there a vaccine for it? Please rush reply -- I need to know! xoxo Carol

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    1. Scriptor Senex20 January 2016 at 05:03

      Sorry, Carol, I've been researching it for years - there's no remedy!

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    2. Canadian Chickadee21 January 2016 at 18:38

      I guess we'll just have to live with it then. Of course, we could be doing worse things! :) xoxox

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  10. Heleen25 January 2016 at 08:01

    Great word! And count me in, I suffered from tsundoku!
    Well, the problem is that not the book hoarder suffers, at least I didn't, and I guess the tsundokists among you won't suffer either!?.. However, the people around me and my wallet did suffer from my piles of books. And due to lack of room I started to give away / sell many of them and I must confess I don't miss them (I guess because I kept sufficient interesting books, and I rediscovered the library).

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