Talk:Aibohphobia

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This sounds like a joke/nonsense page ... --FOo

Agreed... -Martin

Somebody im sure has a phobia of palindromes

But even jokes are part of the culture an encyclopedia is supposed to document. As long as the joke started in society, which the number of Google hits proves to my satisfaction, it should be noted somewhere in the 'pedia, altho not necessarily in its own article. Or have I missed the point? -- isis 12:29 Dec 16, 2002 (UTC)

i concur-it should stay Vera Cruz 12:31 Dec 16, 2002 (UTC)

The whole point about 'pedias is that they should strive for completeness. There is nothing worse than trying to look something up only to find it unqualified. user:sjc

Exactly. It can only stay if it is clear that the word is a joke, and not presented as an actual phobia. Allow me... --Stephen Gilbert 04:08 Dec 18, 2002 (UTC)

I thought it was fear of Aibos :) Dori | Talk 14:58, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)

Regarding the claim that the term originated with "The Wizard of Id": When was that? Comic strips generally -- and "Id" especially -- have been known to recycle jokes that have been circulating previously. I heard the "aibohphobia" joke sometime in or prior to 1985 (and had the impression I'd heard it from its originator, but he may simply have been quoting it, or it could have been invented independently several times.) -- Doctroid 15:06 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I am also particularly skeptical of the idea that "Wizard of Id" could come up with an original idea. - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 22:06, Mar 3, 2004 (UTC)

Aibohphobia is an entry in Stan Kelly-Bootle's "The Devil's DP Dictionary", 1981...

[edit] Vfd debate

For the archived vfd debate on this discussion see Talk:Aibohphobia/delete -- Graham ☺ | Talk 13:00, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

After being transwikied, this article should be deleted

Is one afflicted by Aibohphobia an aibohphobic or a cibohphobic? --04:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)