aibohphobia

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 ībōfō'bēə

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An irrational fear of palindromes. humorous,nonce-word,uncountable
    — The article was a disservice to those of us who are unfortunate enough to be afflicted with aibohphobia.

词汇关系

反义词
ailihphilia

词源

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)
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