Filofax
/ˈfʌɪlə(ʊ)faks
/noun trademark
A loose-leaf notebook for recording appointments, addresses, and notes.I so need to sort out driving lessons, but until I get my provisional licence back (it having been within the Filofax I left at a friends seven weeks ago) then I can't even get started on that score....
- Most likely it's because I'm on somebody's Rolodex or in their Filofax, and I think I know whose - a diplomat I knew and liked in the US, and who later had a spell at Buckingham Palace.
- This year alone I've lost a Filofax, a camera and my wallet, and every one of those items has been returned.
Origin
1930s: representing a colloquial pronunciation of file of facts.