lysdexia

Definition

Dyslexia; proneness to metathesis in reading, writing, or speech due to (real or imagined) dyslexia.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "1990, Sharon Arthur Moore et al., Dyslexia, what's lysdexia? [title] in Reading Teacher 43"
• "1995, Jerrold S Maxmen, Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Wu8FDU9botYC&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&sig=c8XER34_hJ5450q0r14rGvApggA 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 http://print.google.com/print?id=_nsVcjo5Ey0C&pg=PR21&lpg=PR21&sig=G-XeHvu1zxjmbLAgMv4k2wwffbE Priase to Hodwy, Dog of Lysdexia."