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
It is part Greek actually, the -phobia part at least! I like the new word, even though I will never in my life be able to spell it correctly :)
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?
there is also something called anatidaephobia--the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
Well, that pun made it on a wing and a prayer. It knocked me down and left egg on my face. I didn't think it had teeth...I guess that makes it impeccable?
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Oh, great!!! Something else to worry about!!! LOL
http://voices.yahoo.com/anatidaephobia-fear-being-watched-2261417.html
Is it wrong of me to find phobophobia (the fear of being afraid) to be hilarious? Just seems self-perpetuating to me...
i find that the term homophobia is very often misused or misunderstood. phobia means irrational fear, and i have not seen anyone so far who is scared of gays. the term most people are looking for is homo-intolerant. personally, i am not prejudice against gays, so that term is completely wrong. remember this if anyone sees that term misused.
