Word of the Day
coulrophobia
: refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of clowns.
coulrophobia
: refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of clowns.
Littrachure | Mr. Bingley | October 31, 2005 9:57 am
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At first glance I thought that said coulterphobia, which I suffer from…
I don’t know about fear. What’s the word for irrational distaste? And the suspicion that they are pasty-faced child molesters?
Can we throw in mimes as well? In the Discworld books, Lord Vetinari doesn’t censor any street theater except for mimes, whom he puts in a torture chamber with the slogan “Learn the Words” painted on the wall.
How about coulrophoria – a persistent and irrational enjoyment of clowns? I think Bobo and his ilk should be forcibly deported to a tropical climate and forbidden to remove their grease paint.
coulterphobia
A syndrome in the same family of psychoses as ‘hydrophobia’, which is also characterised by much foaming at the mouth.
Yeah, perhaps. But at least she’s hot.
My God, I finally have a way to describe my feelings towards clowns. The freaks!
In a manic, Susan Estrich kind of way.