There is a disease which consists in loving words too much. Logophilia first manifests itself in childhood and is, alas, incurable.
—Peter Ackroyd, "Visions from an addiction to fiction," The Times (London), March 20, 2002
There is little in Maryland's scenery from Ocean City to Oakland that is especially memorable. But almost all of it, except where you find real poverty, is pleasant. Maryland has a history of being tolerant of idiosyncrasy, from the Calverts' Catholicism to H. L. Mencken's logophilia.
—Michael Barone, "Growth and Government," The Washington Post, August 24, 1986
When people ask me which member of the Word Spy's lexicon is my favorite, I always say
logophilia because it means "the love of words," and that pretty much sums up this whole business for me.
