Further to the letter from Michael Parker (August 13), there seems to be a word which has recently crept into the English language: "Grabatologist", as in a collector of ties.
I can only find mention of this word in recent quiz questions and have doubts about its origin.
Can anyone either confirm the correctness of the word, or do they know of another noun describing such a collector?
-Freddy M Pankhurst, Brighton
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