lysdexia

English

Etymology

Humorous formation from dyslexia by metathesis, as if due to dyslexia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lysdexia (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) Dyslexia; proneness to metathesis in reading, writing, or speech due to (real or imagined) dyslexia.
    • 1990, Sharon Arthur Moore et al., Dyslexia, what's lysdexia? [title] in Reading Teacher 43
    • 1995, Jerrold S Maxmen, Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment [1]
      More complex problems such as dyslexia (or as one child once said, lysdexia) may merit a variety of special interventions.
    • 2003, Willow Polson, The Veil's Edge [2]
      Priase to Hodwy, Dog of Lysdexia.
    • 2005, Stefan Koski, Miscellaneous Philosophy [3]
      “My apologies. My lysdexia must be kicking in again. What I meant to say was, ‘Who beath thou?’”

Usage notes

While use of this term is common among people with dyslexia as a form of humorous self-deprecation, it may be considered offensive outside of informal contexts.

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