Aibohphobia – without looking it up.. what is it?  First person to answer correctly by submitting a comment (HERE) at kithicor.org, will win an item from the Evil Mystery Box of SOE Goodness!  (make sure to leave your correct email address so we can contact the winner for a mailing address)

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  • http://www.applyforcards..net Thomas S

    Aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes, which is a palindrome (same backward as forward) itself.

  • Trueflight

    Now all we need is Wierd Al’s Palindrome song, “BoB”

  • cheddarella

    After you destroyed your mouse with a hammer during a podcast — why should I think “Dammit I’m Mad” is unusual for you to say? Hehehehehe…

  • http://www.kithicor.org/users/jethal Jethal

    Yay! Congratulations Cheddarella! Indeed, Aibohphobia IS a Palindrome, which is a word spelled the same forward as backward.. a clue should have been “Dammit I’m Mad” is.. a palindrome.

  • Trista

    Honest I did not read the other answers first. Good work Cheddar! You beat me to it. :-)

  • Trista

    Aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes, at least that is what I remember from the good old school days!

  • Sanpuu

    Nope.. Tried slightly cheating.. Asking my wife.. But she doesn’t know it either without looking it up.

  • cheddarella

    Um, after scrambling letters of many things in Norrath, I start looking at any new word or name with a certain … suspicion. The "normal" thing to do when looking at a "phobia" word is to detach the first part and see what Greek (or occasionally, Latin) root word it might be. But "aiboh" is a strange construction, especially with the "h" — so I did the "look at it frontwards, backwards, and upside-down" trick. Backwards: "hobia" — hmmm, looks like part of "phobia"…. hey, this word is a palindrome (reads the same, forward and back). So, ILlogically, would it be a "fear of palindromes"?

  • http://www.kithicor.org/users/jethal Jethal

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