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deimatotriaphobia ... I like it. It's got it all over terroristphobia.
This sounds like another variation on "What's a word?"
How can a word which no-one without an education in greek can begin to understand, let alone pronounce, have it "all over" a word which is simple, straight forward and self-explanatory and, which, to top it all off, also includes the word "phobia" for those craving a conspicuous greek root?
deimatotriaphobia. It is a miscreant which should be put out of its suffering. Only a greek mother tongue could love such a contortion, and I have it on good authority that Faldage has Irish, Scot and German forebears but nary a trace of greek to account for this perversity.
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