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

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 • Jan. 11, 2025

So you learn, when things felt …not in control…I would become very organized, and that sort of was my center, that was my meditation, you know, redoing my Filofax or refolding my socks.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

When Harris launched her campaign in 2003, she had a Filofax full of potential donors and a polling average of 5%.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

Few could argue that Ms. Harris, hovering around 5 percent in early polling, entered the 2003 race at much of an advantage, even as her fund-raising drew on an ungainly Filofax full of high-end contacts.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2019

Miranda opened up her Filofax, where she had written “Mottery Dixit.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri