Meaning of aibohphobia | Babel Free
/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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.