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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You think that's fucked?

The inability to pronounce "R" is called Rhotacism.

If you have it you're literally unable to say the name of it

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Relevant XKCD

18 across says “every third letter in the word for “inability to visualise””.
You'd need to figure out what word this is, and then visualise every third letter of it. Which you can't do if you have it!

The word isAphantasia

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the answer for 18 across was aaaa?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yep, the whole crossword puzzle is like that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The fear of long words is called "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's awefull and hilarious at the same time!