trisackaphobia
n.— «He was writing a biographical piece on Royals third baseman Kevin Seitzer, who allowed as how he had a deep-seated fear of playing his position. The SI scribe asked if I knew of a technical term for this condition, and I boldly responded with: “Yes, it’s called ‘trisackaphobia.’” Imagine my surprise when my improvised neologism appeared in the story without either a footnote or quotation marks.» —“Words pay no debts, but ours to the Bard” by Robert F. Willson Kansas City Star (Kan., Mo.) May 29, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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