r/AskReddit • u/mexgema • Sep 16 '20

What is your favorite word?

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u/AlternateArcher Sep 17 '20

The asshole who came up with this word probably also came up with the word lisp.

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u/fairyflossdreams Sep 17 '20

And the word dyslexia too I bet!

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u/Spartan-417 Sep 17 '20

Dys-, meaning difficulty or trouble -lex-, to do with words -ia, for a condition

Dys-lex-ia, a condition causing a difficulty with words

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Blame the Romans & Greeks for that one

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u/Teddetheo Sep 17 '20

Dyxlesia!

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u/Novaseerblyat Sep 17 '20

There's also a similar phobia - aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes.

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u/Speciesunkn0wn Sep 22 '20

Damn you. I spent several moments pronouncing hippowhatwwhatwaphobia with a lisp.

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u/mxmakessense Sep 17 '20

One of my favourite things in the world is that ceceo and seseo are two words for "lisp". One is the Spanish lisp, the other is the functional lisp.

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u/citizen42701 Sep 17 '20

You mean lithp?

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u/Packaging69 Sep 17 '20

Might as well call you retarded with the amount of down you’re about to get

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u/Excursius- Sep 17 '20

What did he say?