tegestologyn.
/tɛdʒɛˈstɒlədʒi/ The collecting of beer mats.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun]
shelling1861
bugging1862
oology1869
bibliophily1877
antiquing1916
cartophily1936
deltiology1947
phillumeny1951
tegestology1960
notaphily1970
scripophily1978
1960 News Chron. 18 Feb. 4/5 Are phillumeny, meadopholy, tegestology and fromology as popular as they were?
1966 Punch 9 Feb. 202/2 ‘Here let tegestology exact its tribute from a royal embrace’ (meaning, pinch a beer-mat from the Queen's Arms) is the sort of thing which any rallyist can work out in between emptying the ashtrays and giving the ‘V’ sign to a fellow competitor.
Derivatives
tegeˈstologist n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > collector
bibliophile1824
antiquist1856
trophy hunter1862
antiquer1906
cartophilist1936
phillumenist1943
deltiologist1959
tegestologist1960
notaphilist1970
ephemerist1976
scripophile1978
scripophilist1979
1960 Ironmonger 23 Jan. 123 Tegestologists (beer-mat secreters).
1977 Titbits 20–6 Jan. 17/5 The British tegestologists (a posh name for beermat collectors) are very upset to discover criminals who..scoop up mats..and decamp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1960