shaun4860 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Just found my favourite phobia "Anatidaephobia" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Anatidaephobia Somewhere out there................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I have a similar phobia of being watched by sparrows. Mind you those ducks can be menacing at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robl Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 That was never a real thing. Gary Larson made it up as a joke using some bastardised Latin, but the word stuck and now it’s in general use. (He says so in an old Far Side book) It’s like the ‘Not the 9 O’clock news’ joke about a ‘flange’ of baboons. It was a silly joke, but there are now serious text books which use the phrase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 There's all sorts of weird phobias. There's also Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which, ironically, is the fear of long words. I don't understand how anyone can be scared of a duck watching them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 That was never a real thing. Gary Larson made it up as a joke using some bastardised Latin, but the word stuck and now it’s in general use. (He says so in an old Far Side book) It’s like the ‘Not the 9 O’clock news’ joke about a ‘flange’ of baboons. It was a silly joke, but there are now serious text books which use the phrase. Killjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Anyone know what the posh word is for fear of corrugated cardboard? As I have it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 There's all sorts of weird phobias. There's also Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which, ironically, is the fear of long words. I don't understand how anyone can be scared of a duck watching them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 A classic! Love Gary Larson cartoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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