Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoTIL Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.en.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down14
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkTIL Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.en.wiktionary.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·19 days agoI wanna know who it was that decided to name a ton of phobias in the most ironic way possible. A bunch of phobias, not just this one, are named in ways that seem like they are intended to trigger the fear in those who have it.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·19 days agoAibohphobia, the fear of palindromes
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 days agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koNwUeG-iKE
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoPerhaps behavioral science should study why there are so many sadist working in behavioral science.
I wanna know who it was that decided to name a ton of phobias in the most ironic way possible. A bunch of phobias, not just this one, are named in ways that seem like they are intended to trigger the fear in those who have it.
Aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koNwUeG-iKE
Perhaps behavioral science should study why there are so many sadist working in behavioral science.