Credophile Edit Meaning

1.

One who is consumed by the desire to assure that credit is assigned to oneself for research, stories, references and other information for which it is useful to be considered "the source."

"I told Grace to buy that new vitamin supplment. I explained that it was recommended to me by Matt, because he's a total credophile and he would freak out if I didn't tell her where I'd heard about it."

See cred, credit