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Foyle's Further Philavery
A Cornucopia of Lexical Delights
A second expedition into the unfamiliar backwaters of the English language, where rare and exotic words reside undisturbed by everyday usage.
abibliophobia noun the fear or anxiety that one will run out of things to read
epeoloatry noun the worship of words
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia noun a fear of long words
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