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here's one I suffer from: psellismophobia tutu... can you guess what this is? <g> http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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>psellismophobia?
Is it something to do with smelly socks???
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The fear that your smelly socks will be flea-infested? (Greek root: psylla = flea) ???
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Psellismophobia: is that f-f-f-f-fear of st-st-st-stammering or, more generally, a fear of misenunciation?
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you got it, meta4. Psellism is the technical term for stuttering, stammering or lisping. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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my cat suffers from psyllaphobia! (thanks davidx) http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/
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I was thinking about "favourite words" today (for no particular reason) and two words came to mind which to me sound exactly like what they describe (I can't remember the term for this):
braggodocio (which has such a swagger to it)
triste (the drawn-out vowel sound seems so sad)
Anything to get this thread active again!
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One could say that were onomatopeia - but I think that word's reserved more for things like 'bump', 'woof', 'drip' or 'broomhandle'.
One of my favourite words is the rather innocous 'shelf'. It has a great element of support to it....I think. 'Luggage' is great too. And 'timber'. Oh! I could go on for hours!
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>timber
There was a big discussion in one of the later Monty Pythons (sorry to MP phobics here, just sleep awhile) about "woody" and "tinny" words. I think it is true - all the best words are woody words.
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and for those who are MP-philes (and those who are merely curious), here is a link to "The Woody Sketch"... http://www.montypython.net/scripts/wood.php3
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