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muphobia is the fear of the letter m.
by captn3m0 9y ago
muphobia is the fear of the letter m.
- wingerlang 9y agoGoogle give very very few results. Feels like someone wanted to invent something and put it on a phobia-wiki then it became referenced from there. Could be wrong though.
- OJFord 9y agoMore likely, I would think, is that people rarely need to refer to muphobia, especially specifically muphobia, but that it is acceptable to refer to 'fear of the letter ~' by '≈phobia', where ≈ is the anglicised name of the Greek letter from which ~ is derived.
- wingerlang 9y agoIs there a legitimate list of phobias? I just don't think a fandom "phobia wiki" seems like a legitimate resource.
- OJFord 9y agoOther than a comprehensive dictionary? I'm not sure. I should think joining 'phobia' to any Greek noun is acceptable though. Perhaps verbs too.
- OJFord 9y agoI looked this up by the way, Collin's Concise Plus says it's a 'combining form', and may be used generally (without even saying the prefix should be Greek as I guessed above) to indicate a phobia of what precedes it. Probably better to stick to Greek prefixes though - there can't be many words you could choose that wouldn't have an already in use or at least more sensible sounding Greek alternative. 'Internet', perhaps.
- jpttsn 9y agoJust like dyslexia ought to be easier to spell, I don't think I'll be using that word.
- Neliquat 9y agoAlso kind of a dick move to name the word for the phobia an actual trigger for it.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoWhat's the English for fear of "mu" then ...