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ailihphilia en · NOUN

Etymology

Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -philia with its reversed spelling.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, nonce-word, uncountable) A love of palindromes.
    • Of course, there is also ailihphilia (palindrome fetishism). X-(:^) 1996 August 25, :Sparky: [username], “Gynadromorphophiliac Question”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
    • 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. 2006, Richard Lederer, Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 232:
    • A fear of Palindromes...... I have ailihphilia. 1999 September 30, Steve Barnes, “Re: The fear”, in rec.humor (Usenet):

Antonyms

aibohphobia