ailihphilia
English
Etymology
Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -philia with its reversed spelling.
Noun
ailihphilia (uncountable)
- (humorous, nonce word) A love of palindromes.
- 1996 August 25, :Sparky: [username], “Gynadromorphophiliac Question”, in soc.support.transgendered, Usenet:
- Of course, there is also ailihphilia (palindrome fetishism). X-(:^)
- 1999 September 30, Steve Barnes, “Re: The fear”, in rec.humor, Usenet:
- A fear of Palindromes......
I have ailihphilia.
- 2006, Richard Lederer, Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 232:
- Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages! We now present an exclusive interview with the Palindromedary himself, the two-way statement made flesh. This camel is a talking animal smitten with ailihphilia—the love of palindromes.
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Antonyms
- aibohphobia