aibohphobia

== English == === Etymology === Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -phobia with its reversed spelling. First appeared as a response to National Challenge #36, in a newspaper column written by J Baxter Newgate. The challenge was to invent a phobia. The column did not identify the entrant. (Source: Orlando Sentinel, Oct 22, 1977) === Pronunciation === enPR: ībōfō'bēə, IPA(key): /aɪ.bəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ Rhymes: -əʊbiə === Noun === aibohphobia (uncountable) (humorous, nonce word) An irrational fear of palindromes. ==== Antonyms ==== ailihphilia ==== Translations ====