aibohphobia
/aɪ.bəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
aibohphobia noun: an irrational fear of palindromes.
Noun
aibohphobia (uncountable)
- An irrational fear of palindromes.
- The article was a disservice to those of us who are unfortunate enough to be afflicted with aibohphobia.1983, Author unknown, Science Digest, page 103
- We trust that we've relieved any Aibohphobia, any fear of palindromes that you might have harbored.1997, Richard Lederer, The Word Circus: A Letter-perfect Book, page 60
aibohphobia meaning in Tamil
aibohphobia in Tamil
- மாலைமாற்று வெருளி
Examples of aibohphobia in a sentence
- If you suffer from aibohphobia (fear of palindromes) you should skip a few pages while the rest of us go in search of[…]2004, Peter Seddon, Football Talk: The Language and Folklore of the World's Greatest Game, page 267:
- We hope, however, that in passing this on we don't provoke any attacks of aibohphobia among our readers.2006 Feb, NewScientist, page 56, column 3:
Antonyms of aibohphobia
Origin of aibohphobia
Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -phobia with its reversed spelling. First appeared as a response to National Challenge #36, in a newspaper column written by J Baxter Newgate. The challenge was to invent a phobia. The column did not identify the entrant. (Source: Orlando Sentinel, Oct 22, 1977)
Words that rhyme with aibohphobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about aibohphobia
- What does aibohphobia mean?
- Aibohphobia means an irrational fear of palindromes.
- What is aibohphobia in Tamil?
- Aibohphobia in Tamil is மாலைமாற்று வெருளி. See Aibohphobia meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use aibohphobia in a sentence?
- If you suffer from aibohphobia (fear of palindromes) you should skip a few pages while the rest of us go in search of[…]
- What part of speech is aibohphobia?
- Aibohphobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aibohphobia?
- Aibohphobia is pronounced /aɪ.bəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/.
Words near aibohphobia in the dictionary
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