[Publib] "guybrarian"

[MichaelMay.5603196 at bloglines.com]

And according to the same Etymology site, a "guy" is a "grotesquely or poorly
dressed person."

http://tinyurl.com/27kzqh

Ha!

Mike in Dubuque


--- Kathleen Horan" <khoran at mcallen.net wrote:
The word "librarian" was
first noted in 1713, and the suffix -arian denoted a relation to the keeping
of a repository of books, parchments, and manuscripts ("libri"). A related
term is "librarius," meaning, roughly "having to do with books." 
>  
>
The word "workaholic" follows a broader linguistic trajectory. It is a spin
off the word "alcoholic," which makes perfect sense:  a person who is addicted
to alcohol.  The suffix -aholic came to mean any person addicted to anything,
e.g. chocaholic, even though this is obviously an incorrect abstraction. 
The Online Etymology Dictionary (http://www.etymonline.com/) cites the old
Rodney Dangerfield line:  "My father was a workaholic; every time he thought
about working, he got drunk."
>  
>   -- Kathleen ; )
>  
>  
> "Life
ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its
problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual."
    -- Victor E. Frankl
>  
> Kathleen P. Horan, M.L.S.
> Branch Manager

> Palm View Branch Library
> McAllen, TX
> 956-688-3322
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> 
> Aren't you all embarrassed using a term that makes
> absolutely no
sense?  What is the meaning of the
> suffix "brarian?"
> 
> It's almost
as bad as "workaholic."  What is
> "workahol?"
> 
> "Guybrarian" is almost
cute, but mostly insulting.
> Like "male nurse."
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