Word of the Day (from a few days ago)

[orangerful]

My mom sent this to me on Monday from her "Word of the Day" email from Wordsmith.org. I immediately thought it had something to do with Harry Potter. Turns it its a word that every librarian should know - because we need it to fill out incident reports!!!

grangerize

PRONUNCIATION:

(GRAYN-juh-ryz)

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To mutilate a book by clipping pictures out of it.
2. To illustrate a book by adding pictures cut from other books.

ETYMOLOGY:

After James Granger (1723-1776), an English clergyman whose Biographical History of England had blank leaves for illustrations, to be filled with pictures, clippings, etc. by the reader.

USAGE:

"Bagtoothian looked up from his reading, An Illustrated History of Sparta, which he proceeded to grangerize."
Roger Rosenblatt; Beet: A Novel; HarperCollins; 2008.

Comments

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Hermione is aptly named then! As a book lover the fact that she rips pages out of books has always annoyed me a bout her.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

She did do that quite a few times, didn't she? It's so DRAMATIC! I always yelp a little when I see people do that in movies. Esp. when they rip pages out of phone books. WHY!!!!!