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Didn't old books (long time ago) get worms in them? The worm lives in the book (spends time in the book). Therefore a bookworm is someone who spends a lot of time in a book.
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In Russian language there is exactly same expression. I think there is an good explanation to it. In previous centuries there was no so many chemicals. All the material which the books were made of were natural. Books in libraries were full of insects that ate paper, glue and cane threads. No surprise a person who spends a lot of time with the books was named a bookworm. Meaning is close to a "computer nerd" nowadays)))))).
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IT CAME FROM A SPECIES OF WORM THAT LIKED TO LIVE IN BOOKS? :)
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