A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargarithmomania
PRONUNCIATION:
(uh-rith-muh-MAY-nee-uh) 
MEANING:
noun: An obsessive preoccupation with numbers, calculations, and counting.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek arithmo- (number) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1892.
NOTES:
If you go for a bicycle ride and can’t help but determine the distance, time traveled, average speed, elevation gain, and more, chances are you have arithmomania. If you feel it necessary to count the number of steps in a staircase as you go up or down, chances are you have arithmomania. If you count the number of floors in buildings as you walk through a downtown area, arithmomania.
I only count the number of words in a dictionary.
Count von Count, a vampire Muppet on Sesame Street, has arithmomania. He counts run-of-the-mill things such as those mentioned above, but also bats in his castle. Apparently all vampires have arithmomania. One way to stop them is to spill grain around them. They have no choice but to count the grains, allowing you to escape.
I only count the number of words in a dictionary.
Count von Count, a vampire Muppet on Sesame Street, has arithmomania. He counts run-of-the-mill things such as those mentioned above, but also bats in his castle. Apparently all vampires have arithmomania. One way to stop them is to spill grain around them. They have no choice but to count the grains, allowing you to escape.
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