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Meaning of aibohphobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/aɪ.bəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

Definitions

An irrational fear of palindromes.

humorous, nonce-word, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Eibohphobie
Español aibofobia
Français eibohphobie
Italiano aibofobia
한국어 아비포비아
Nederlands eibofobie
Русский яибофо́бия

Examples

“The article was a disservice to those of us who are unfortunate enough to be afflicted with aibohphobia.”
“We trust that we've relieved any Aibohphobia, any fear of palindromes that you might have harbored.”
“If you suffer from aibohphobia (fear of palindromes) you should skip a few pages while the rest of us go in search of[…]”
“We hope, however, that in passing this on we don't provoke any attacks of aibohphobia among our readers. This pallindrome, as Alan Lane discovered, means "an abnormal and persistent fear of pallindromes".”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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