telephonophile

English

Etymology

From telephone +‎ -o- +‎ -phile.

Noun

telephonophile (plural telephonophiles) (rare)

1. A lover of telephones.
   • 1955 October, The Manitoba Medical Review, page 523, column 1:

     A kindred spirit to the above, even though less vexatious, is the telephonophile, or telephonomaniac. His is the fondness for lengthy and frequent telephone conversations.

   • 1959, The New Esquire Etiquette: A Guide to Business, Sports and Social Conduct, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 272:

     Teen-aged telephonophiles are quite another problem. Have you considered giving them a separate wire, or restricting their phone calls during certain hours when you might be expecting a call?

   • 1983, The Bulletin, volume 103, page 62, column 2:

     The Queen Mother is a confessed, probably a proud, telephonophile. Recently, from London, she called Colin Stanley-Hill who, as you may have read about 600 times, once worked for her.

   • 1989, Cadence, volume 15, page 12, column 2:

     After we ran that caveat about CD's and the CD marketing, we received a number of phone calls (curiously no letters) suggesting we were: behind the times; out of touch with technical advancements and suspect on a number of grounds. So much for the vocal telephonophile.