the Urban Dictionary claims aibohphobia is a technical term for the irrational fear of palindromicity. The etymology will raise a smile. Just stare at the word for a few seconds, and it will reveal itself to you.[via language log]
Thursday, April 01, 2010
aibohphobia
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Andrew
great addition at language log to the recent linguisteresis post on palindromes:
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