# aibohphobia

> English word · Noun · IPA /aɪ.bəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

## Definitions
1. An irrational fear of palindromes.

## Etymology
Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -phobia with its reversed spelling.
First appeared as a response to National Challenge #36, in a newspaper column written by J Baxter Newgate. The challenge was to invent a phobia. The column did not identify the entrant. (Source: Orlando Sentinel, Oct 22, 1977)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aibohphobia