A plea (trivia specialist)

[Greg Pulliam]

How about "triviator"?  (Inspired by one of those obnoxious "Today's
Aviators" airline ads.)


>"Prof. Roly Sussex" <sussex at LINGUA.ARTS.UQ.EDU.AU> asks
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>A colleague has asked me if there is a special term for an
>expert in trivia. Apart from triviaphile and triviologist,
>I have a nagging suspicion that I have seen such a word,
>perhaps in Josepha Heifetz ... Can anyone help?
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>Can we coin "triviast"?
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>   Mark A. Mandel : Senior Linguist and Manager of Acoustic Data
>         Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Dragon Systems, Inc.
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>                     (speaking for myself)

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Greg