Filofax

American  

[fahy-luh-faks] / ˈfaɪ ləˌfæks /

Trademark.

1. a datebook also containing space for addresses, a calendar, and specialized inserts, as maps and checklists.

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Filofax British  

/ ˈfaɪləʊˌfæks /

noun

1. a type of loose-leaf ring binder with sets of different-coloured paper, used as a portable personal filing system, including appointments, addresses, etc

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Example Sentences

I know this sounds like the gospel of a very specific personality type — I nurse an ardent Filofax obsession and once started an organization Slack channel purely for sport — but there’s something deeply calming about a simple binder.

From Salon

He'd lie to colleagues about where he was spending his weekends, and change the names of his gay friends in his Filofax - George and John became George and Joan, for example.

From BBC

My friends even used to joke that I had an address book of names—I’d say Filofax but that dates me—and I’d just go down the list asking people to do something with me until someone said yes.

From Slate

I flitted between thinking that a hostile state may have been attempting to entrap me - though it's hard not to have that thought without feeling instantly absurd and pompous - and rustling through my mental Filofax to make absolutely sure that I hadn't ever met this Charlie and given them the wrong end of the stick.

From BBC

For the New York City-based artist Bernie Kaminski, 57, the medium is a vehicle for nostalgia, a way to reconsider everyday objects: a canvas tote filled with tennis balls, a folded Brooks Brothers shirt, a Filofax planner.

From New York Times