On Words and Upwards! » Fear http://www.onwordsandupwards.com Your Hapax legomenon is showing... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:09:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Hibernophobe http://www.onwordsandupwards.com/hibernophobe/ http://www.onwordsandupwards.com/hibernophobe/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:06:03 +0000 onWords http://www.onwordsandupwards.com/?p=224 noun. One who is afraid of the Irish.

It was long enough to demonstrate even to Protestant Hibernophobes that his system was the right one.
Temple Bar Magazine (1889)

It looks like hibernophobe means someone who is afraid of hibernating, but that’s absurd. Sleeping is the best thing ever!

Hiberno- refers to Ireland; Hibernology is the study of Irish history. And a hibernaculum is a place where something sleeps for the winter. So a hibernohibernaculum is a place in Ireland where one hibernates. It could be a name for a chain of hotels in Ireland!

If you know any hibernophobes don’t hesitate to try to quell their fears. There are plenty of better things to be afraid of. Ireland has given us many great things! Like, um… leprechauns… potatoes… the color green…

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