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TIL Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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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.

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「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed) sh.itjust.works DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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So... the fear of the german language?

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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koNwUeG-iKE

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spittingimage lemmy.world spittingimage@lemmy.world
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So... the fear of the german language?

Or maybe of Welsh place names.

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RobotToaster mander.xyz RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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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

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CosmoNova lemmy.world CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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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.

Perhaps behavioral science should study why there are so many sadist working in behavioral science.

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