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WOD: Word of the Day
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ueslteacher
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WOD: Word of the Day
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Here you go:
kakorrhaphiophobia
(I just hope it wasn �t played before. If it was, please tell me and I �ll change it)
Sophia
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21 Nov 2012
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pilarmham
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let �s see...kako is about dirt... raphio... writing? phobia... I hate this!
I hate dirty writing! |
21 Nov 2012
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cunliffe
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She �s great; I saw her last week, she makes Lady Gaga look tame. |
21 Nov 2012
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nurikzhan
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it is a phobia of coughing. |
21 Nov 2012
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douglas
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Obviously Sophia has made slight spelling mikstake here by placing Rs together whenthe should actually be seaprated--it can happen even to the best. We forgive you Sophia  kakorrhaphiophobia k(r)ak - crack, the drug or(r)- or haphi- happy phobia- phobia k(r)akorhaphiophobia- the fear of becoming addicted to crack cheers, Douglas
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22 Nov 2012
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etoilist
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kakor : (cake ) rhap: (rapture) hio (Harvard International Office ; High Income Opportunity)
Fear that too much cake (celebration) and ensuing rapture will prevent (a) admission to Harvard , (b) a high-paying job, or (c) both, since (b) is so closely associated ( i.e. positively correlated) with (a). |
22 Nov 2012
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papadeli
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kakorrhaphiophobia (actually a Greek word) kak = bad or =or rhaph=rough io=the fact, the feeling of phobia=fear kakorhaphiophobia= the bad or rough feeling of fear Greetings from Greece,
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22 Nov 2012
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Allisa
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kakorrhaphiophobia is the teachers � fear of coming across meaningless words such as kakorrhaphio in their students � written works. 
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22 Nov 2012
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MarionG
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the fear, not uncommon to composers, that the rhapsody they are working on will sound like a cacophony........... |
22 Nov 2012
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I had a good laugh, thanks!
