grammatolatry

[prettygoodword]

grammatolatry - n., worship of words.


Especially, a concern for the letter rather than the spirit of things. Coined from Greek grammatos, word + English suffix -latry, worship of (or fanatical devotion to), from Greek latreia, service, worship.

Not that anyone around here would be susceptible, nuh uh.

---L.

Comments

[packbat.livejournal.com]

I thought it was more in the droid/jobsworth vein - or possibly in the 2nd/1st commandment sense regarding idols.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

More like the latter.

---L.