aibohphobia

n. fear or phobia of palindromes. Etymology: palindromic form of "phobia" - "palindrome" itself from Greek παλινδρώμοσ meaning "back-running", ie. "a running back or recurrence". In Greek -φοβία (from φόβοσ meaning "fear") the emphasis is on the "i"; in English usage on the "o". Pronunciation in IPA: {aibofob'i:a} (international) or {aibo(ü)f'oübia} (English).

Scene: café
Date: 1 February 2010
Context: we enter in the middle of a conversation between two people who do not know each other very well

Eve: (hesitantly) I should mention - I am aibhophobic.
Otis: Aibohphobia!? With a name like that?! Are you on the level, madam?!?
Eve: *coughs* *eyes bulge*
Otis: (mischievously) kinda reminds of the time some guy kissed me off with "Sit on a potato pan, Otis!".
Eve: *scratches head uncontrollably*
Otis: (rubbing chin thoughtfully) still, that wasn't nearly as bad as when Delia failed to borrow or rob the Evil Olive.
Eve: *now very agitated, punches Otis accidentally*
Otis: wtf?! Dammit I'm mad!!!
Eve: I'm sorry, this date really isn't working out for me *leaves*
Otis: (to self) somehow I just knew we shoulda rescheduled.

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azhl

l33t for arsehole or asshole designed to evade profanity-filters on game-servers etc

nPo_h4xx0r: wtf is with that azhl?! (eg. a poorly performing team-mate)
GiRL_Ts4r5eksi: cuz n00b
nPo_h4xx0r: k

On blitz-chess servers like FICS or ICC:-

l00zer: man you were so lucky, I had that game (one may add any number of variants eg. "mouseslip", "you just won on time", "it was a draw but you flagged me" etc)
pwnz0r: (after a pause) w/e azhl :/ (commonly abbreviated to just ":/")

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