Lexo - From the greek meaning - words
Phobia - From the greek meaning - fear
Lexo-phobia - a fear of words.
Words which sounds horrible, are awkward to pronounce, create unsavoury imagery, or just make you feel sick
Phobia - From the greek meaning - fear
Lexo-phobia - a fear of words.
Words which sounds horrible, are awkward to pronounce, create unsavoury imagery, or just make you feel sick
good examples are...
as "Choc", "biccy", "puddy", "sachet", "pamphlet", "figgy pudding", "Schloer", "slurry", "membrane"...etc.
as "Choc", "biccy", "puddy", "sachet", "pamphlet", "figgy pudding", "Schloer", "slurry", "membrane"...etc.
by Krissstinaa December 11, 2003
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Boy 2: I can't believe you, you know I have liphobia!
Boy 2: I can't believe you, you know I have liphobia!
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• Lexophobia
• Lexphobia
• lebophobia
• Leifphobia
• Loliphobia
• Exiphobia
• laniphobia
• legaphobia
• Leophobia
person 1: do you like levi ackerman?
person 2: no, not even a bit!
person 1: then you're probably leviphobic
person 2: no, not even a bit!
person 1: then you're probably leviphobic
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Get the laniphobia mug.lexipoeia, or lexicopoeia n (Gr. lexis, "word, phrase, expression," from legein, say, and Gr. poiein, "to make or compose") – word-composition, word-creation; the minimal genre of literature, the art of composing a single word, a neologism (from roots and combining forms)
There are many sorts of neologisms: new brand names, scientific terms, political or technical jargon, colloquialisms, and slang. When a word is composed for the word's sake, as a manifestation of its beauty, this genre of verbal creativity is called "lexipoeia."
by Mike December 25, 2003
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Get the loliphobia mug.Fear of incurring some form of legal liability, being arrested, or facing other legal consequences for carrying on one's everyday personal and professional activities
"The immunity sought and usually granted by these statutes... has been given in the hopes that doctors will thus have an additional incentive to perform their professional and personal responsibility and as an antidote against medical lexphobia."
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