(tûr′jĭd-fō′bē-ə)
1. The abnormal, irrational fear of using bombastic
words, which compels one to avoid them in communication.
2. The fear of being misunderstood from the usage of bombastic
words.
3. An irrational dislike of people who use bombastic
words.
This word was created by combining two
words 'turgid' and 'phobia', this came by as a result of an observation made of the phenomenon where people know a lot of bombastic
words or not so commonly used words in everyday language, but they feel anxious to use the words when communicating for fear of being misunderstood, taken out of context or judged. Instead, they choose to use simple words or the most common words, in order to fit in.
submitted by Senzo Spencer Tsibande
‘Gugu has turgidphobia and therefore prefers to
make use of the simplest English
words.’
'Spencer had just learned the word pulchritude but was afraid to use it in his class speech and instead he used the word
beautiful. He later realized that he had turgidphobia.'