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[–] leggettc18@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some of them are a bit oversimplified. For example, the so-called “fear of long words” is actually specifically supposed to be referring to an anxiety about misspelling or mispronouncing long words, which is a slightly more sensible and relatable phenomenon. Then there apparently some that are just made up, like apparently the palindrome ones.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I see...

Isn't the existence of the names just easy bait for impressionable people to go around thinking they have that?