Why this word is great
BALLETOMANIA — [Noun] An extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets. From ballet (a theatrical dance form) + -o- (connective) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Unlike "balletophile" (which suggests a tempered appreciation) or "dance enthusiast" (which casts a wider, gentler net), balletomania is a feverish devotion, a hunger that demands satiation. It is the collector who hoards every program from every performance since 1972, the devotee who whispers the choreographer’s counts under their breath in the dark of the theater, the pilgrim who follows a company across continents—not for love of travel, but because the body remembers what the mind cannot bear to forget. To love ballet is one thing; to need it is another.