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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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I think you scared away the dyslexic people from the dyslexic thread.
 
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Wonderful bit of knowledge. Thank you
 
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Speaking of long words... why does the word "abbreviation" have 12 letters???
 
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I think you scared away the dyslexic people from the dyslexic thread.

:Oops: :Oops: I'm sorry ... I have both a son and a daughter that have dyslexia. I didn't intend to poke any fun.

I was more caught by the irony of the words meaning
 
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:Oops: :Oops: I'm sorry ... I have both a son and a daughter that have dyslexia. I didn't intend to poke any fun.

I was more caught by the irony of the words meaning

I was joking. It's ironic that these two threads popped up so close to each other.
 
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Thanks. I didn't want to offend anyone
 
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Which, is ironically enough the fear of log words.. Read about other phobias here

Tree, stump, deadwood...those log words sure are scary, alright! ;D
 
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Unverbotosiphobia

A fear of made-up words.
 
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LOL, remember seeing this a while back on a different forum
 

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Yea i was caught off guard by that. A couple of weeks ago i was doing research about that and was stunned. Fear of long words, yet the word to describe it is long.
 
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I nust umprove mu tupinig sjills... :D :D
 
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I just *** we don't all catch this ... The ultimate virus :?

http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/logizomechanophobia.html

Symptoms of Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers:
breathlessness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.

Which about sums up the membership here........ Ps only Joking :lol: :lol:
 
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

I couldn't pronounce this to save my life
 
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I live with hippomacforumsos9javascriptpostingblankholenothinghappenscursesturnjsoffphobia.

The bumper sticker fits full-size Hummers only.
 
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I live with hippomacforumsos9javascriptpostingblankholenothinghappenscursesturnjsoffphobia.

The bumper sticker fits full-size Hummers only.

Go and lie down in a dark room and get the girlfriend /wife to give you a good rub down with a Macworld Mag ... Works wonders so I've heard ;D ;D
 
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Which about sums up the membership here........ Ps only Joking :lol: :lol:

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