Learn English – Other words or phrases for “Little Black Book”

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I'm trying to find if there are any other words or phrases that have a similar meaning to Little Black Book. More looking along the lines of a word or phrase to mean a list or book where you keep important information, but usually about other people.

Little Black Book:
n. a book containing the names and addresses of acquaintances who are potential dates, usually put
together by men.
Am I in your little black book, or can you
already tell that I wouldn't go out with you?

(McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions)

Best Answer

There are a number of related terms for repositories of names, dates and notes.

  • day planner
  • planner
  • personal orgnaizer
  • personal digital assistant (electronic)
  • PDA (also electronic)
  • organizer
  • personal diary
  • diary
  • journal
  • contact list

There are also brand name products whose names are sometimes used generically to mean something similar

  • Filofax
  • DayMinder

All of the above are much broader than just a list of potential dates and their phone numbers. Many are much more business, rather than socially, oriented.

The closest term that conforms to little black book is probably address book or telephone/address book