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Ochlophobia
Is anyone here afraid of owls? Or, are you afraid to make a green owl cry? If the latter is correct, then we should coin a new term to express this fear. How does this sound-
Duolingovirideochloclamatephobia (n): The fear of making the Duolingo green owl cry due to failing a lesson.
-Theognome
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The owl only cries because he gives a (hoot) about us learning, all can boo me now, ha ha.
It's Latin, obviously. But think about it- how many times have you gotten less than half way through a lesson and have already lost your hearts? In such situations, how often do you just 'restart' somehow rather than having to see Duo start crying? There should be a word for that, and there's enough linguists here to create it.
-Theognome
Nice idea, Theognome! ;)
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viridis (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/viridis)
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clamate (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clamate)
I don't know any latin, but stitching together these definitions I loosely get "Two Languages Green Mob Crying Fear". Where is the "owl" part?
Oh, great!!! Something else to worry about!!! LOL
http://voices.yahoo.com/anatidaephobia-fear-being-watched-2261417.html