hobbits measure this with bookfeets

[aamcnamara]

bookfeet (bŏŏk-fēt) pl. n. Unit of measurement in books, in terms of how much shelf-space a given amount of volumes take up; e.g., "How many books are you bringing to college?" "Oh, about five bookfeet."

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Heh. The last time I used this measurement was when I was leaving for college.

It turns out that "the girl with all those books" is not at all a bad reputation to cultivate.

[aliseadae]

I use all the books I bring and might not use more but I miss the ability to look over at a bookshelf and see it stuffed with things I love and stretching all the way up a wall. My college one is still stuffed with things I love but it does not stretch up a wall. I wish my dorm room could have a wall of built in shelves in dark wood and be in the attic with a roof sweeping down above my bed. I wish my furniture did not look like every other dorm room's furniture.

[mapache]

I've historically used the term shelf-meters, as in "I have nearly four shelf-meters of RPGs."

[browniecakemix.livejournal.com]

Ah, but this new term begs the question: are the books to be stacked vertically, horizontally-spinewise, or horizontally-endwise?

You don't like naked people icons, so I'm a nice person.

[mlt23.livejournal.com]

I'm estimating about three bookfeet for me, not counting the textbooks. (I love this word!)