what is the term for

[Jenny Tools]

Does anybody know the term for a person that collects beer bottles, apart from 'sad git'

[archbishop]

Potman.

[coggles]

Pi$$head?

[Quizmonster]

Such words are normally created from Greek root-words with the addition of 'phile/ophile', meaning 'lover of' or sometimes 'collector of'. On that basis, the Greek for 'beer' is 'mpyra' and for 'bottle' it's 'mpoukali'. Consequently, I hereby christen you a 'mpyrampoukaliophile'!

[archbishop]

Quizzy you're not supposed to make the answer up yourself.

[Jenny Tools]

So I take it your stumped then !

[Quizmonster]

Dear A/B, Somebody took the Greek words 'arktos' = bear and 'phile' = lover of to create 'arctophile' = a lover/collector of teddy-bears. The word is now in Chambers Dictionary, so...who knows?..maybe 'mpyrampoukaliophile' will get there, too! It's not quite as snappy as arctophile, I'll give you that!

According to the OED, a 'potman' is a drunk, a pub glass-collector or a potter!

I'm beginning to suspect that Jenny actually has some sort of answer for this. Perhaps she'll put us out of our agony?

[Waterwolf]

Apparently it's a labeorphilist.