Thursday, April 12, 2012

K is for Kakorrhaphiophobia


kakorrhaphiophobia

kak·or·rhaph·io·pho·bia

  noun 

\ˌkak-ə-ˌraf-ē-ə-ˈfō-bē-ə\ 

An abnormal fear of failure

9 comments:

Larri said...

Something all perfectionists have. ☺ Excellent 'K' word. Happy Thursday!

RHYTHM AND RHYME said...

I'm glad you wrote how to pronouce that word. Great K word though I never heard of it before.

Yvonne.

Anonymous said...

I've never heard of this word. I've learned something new today. Doubt I'll remember how to pronounce it tomorrow though.

IanH said...

I thought I was winning until I saw that word, then I realized that I was mistaken.

Petra said...

That's what you call it? I think I have touch.

Stacy S. Jensen said...

I think I have a healthy fear of failure. No one wants to believe they are "abnormal." Great K word.

Anonymous said...

Interesting. I wonder at what point one crosses over from a "normal" fear of failure to this?

Linda Fischer said...

I think you made that up! :)

Awesome word!!


L

Shannon Lawrence said...

That's a great word! I hazard to say that those who suffer it would not be reassured in trying to pronounce it, which would only result in failure.

Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z