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unless you want to go post it yourself.
Go right ahead, dear sir. Post on.
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OK, but I'll need to know the elements. I think I've got pretty much everything but the -ri- part.
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The suffix <i>tria</i> was one of the original ones I posted. I made a mistake as it seems to be feminine (unless all the terrorists are women).
There's a verb <i>deimatoo:</i> and a couple of compounds <i>deima:to:de:s</i> 'terrible, frightful' and <i>deima:to:sis</i> 'scaring'.
I guess <i>deimatotrophobia</i>, using <i>tro</i> instead of <i>tria</i> for the nomen agentis suffix.
Sorry about that ...
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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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How can a word
And how does a poem mean? I wouldn't want anybody to get bent outta shape over my twee faux word nor its cousin terroristphobia.
But which would you prefer? Thiefdom or kleptocracy? Schizophrenia, dementia præcox, or splitmindedness? Renovation or againnewing?
Wortbildung oder Morphologie? Fernsprecher oder Telefon?
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How does a poem mean?
Now there is a question worthy of the passions squandered over the entrails of "What's a word?"
My ridicule was not directed at you, dear jheem, who originated the word "dietormentaphobia" [or whatever it is], but rather at anyone who would prefer that unfortunate invention over a word like "terroristphobia" which exhibits no flaw other its flawless clarity and accessibility to ordinary readers.
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OK, deimatatrophobia it is.
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OK, deimatatrophobia it is.
It is if you say it is, but is it a "word" just because you say it is?
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But which would you prefer? Thiefdom or kleptocracy? Schizophrenia, dementia pręcox, or splitmindedness? Renovation or againnewing?
Since you asked, I prefer "schizophrenia" {which is pronounced with 3 beats), "dementia praecox" (pronounced with two) and "renovation" (pronounced with 3), but I abjure "deimatotriaphobia" which is almost unpronounceable, at least in english, with 6 beats because it is absurdly pretentious, especially considering there is a simple, serviceable and self-explanatory alternative readily available, namely, "terroristphobia", and, further, because the psychological condition we are describing with this word is not a mental disorder befitting a medical appellation, but a nearly-universal and, therefore, perfectly normal state of mind prevalent throughout most of North America, especially the United States.
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there is a simple, serviceable and self-explanatory alternative readily available, namely, "terroristphobia"
I count 8 syllables in deimatotriaphobia (well 9 in the South) which isn't the final pretendo-word I've settled on: deimatotrophobia which weighs in at 7. Trouble with terroristphobia is that it's a weenie word rather than a pretendo-word. Weenie words are coined by beat poets who can't tell the diff tween beats and syllables. Finally, terroristphobia is not even pronounceable as a word, whereas deimatotrophobia is elegant.
The thing about phobias is they're supposed to be learned and pretendo in extremis. Not some slapshod, plebian pseudo-twaddle. Next you'll be suggesting mongrel abortions such as epicaricacy instead of epichaerikakia or some such.
The weird thing about this thread is not denying a pretendo-word its meaninghood, but saying that a perfectly meaningful and utile word like fuller or emptier is not a word. What gives? In what country? Whatchamacallistan? My freedom glass is empty, but your bolshie one is even emptier.
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