It gives me utter delight to share with you my finding of the day. Never before did I come across a word as apt to describe what I have always felt during the long hours of Matlab simulations (occasionally culminating in intense despair thanks to crashes.) So here it goes:
Megalopinakophobia (měg'ə-lō-pēn'ə-kō-fō'bē-ə) n.1. Fear of large matrices.
2. Abnormality characterized by excessive fondness for Fourier methods.
3. Fear of large paintings.
[Gk. megas, great + pinakas, matrix or painting + phobos, fear]
And, as a gesture of gratitude, I would like to cite the sources:
- "Megalopinakophobia: its symptoms and cures," Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4320, 299 (2001)
- Lectures on Image Science
Congrats! You've just made your blog the number 1 search result for " Megalopinakophobia" on google :-)
ReplyDeleteI think, more than a megalopinakophobic, you're a megalopinakomaniac or perhaps just a maniac :P
This is how I felt when I went to the louvre and saw that wall mural of napolean.. oh wait.. that is the other meaning :)
ReplyDeleteon the "megalo" note.. how about megalomania JD :)?
I Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is my new fav. word of the month!!!!! :)
AWESOME!!! how did you come across this one?
@revati: Stumbled upon it in course of doing research. ;-) The second citation, to be precise. :-)
ReplyDeleteSeriously.. this is a really good find!!
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