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guybrarian
 n.— «That would be the Dewey Decimal System. The groups’ members were librarians. Or, in some cases, guybrarians. “He hates being called that,” said Sarah Murphy, one of the evening’s organizers and a founder of the Desk Set, a social group for librarians and library students.» —“A Hipper Crowd of Shushers” by Kara Jesella New York Times July 8, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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