Cymrophobia

English Etymology From en Cymro phobia. Noun - The hatred or fear of Wales, Welsh people or the Welsh language. en 1864 March St. David's Day 221 London Society 5 28 Welshmen, as in this very case of Pistol versus Fluellen, do not always stand quiet to have their leeks knocked about their pates — so the angry Saxon adopts other, and perhaps safer modes of giving vent to his Cymrophobia. en 2006-04-11 Letters: Touchy about Cymrophobia Glynne Rowlands The Guardian Paradoxically, while most immigrants of other ethnic origins are welcomed and proud to be "British", Cymrophobia still persists hundreds of years after the Anglo-Saxons labelled the original Britons as "Welch", or foreigners. en Neighbours from Hell 11 2007 Mike Parker 0862436117 To stretch the analogy further, the English are akin to a rich and powerful family in the Big House, while the Welsh hunker down in the bwthyn, on the estate's western edge. In many ways, the attitude of the English over the years has mirrored this analogy, being characterised, at best, by a pompous paternalism and, at worst, by outright condescension and outrageous Cymrophobia. en Phobias