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Word of the day coulrophobia

by Christine Lovatt

"But changed their minds after complaints from ticket-holders who suffer from coulrophobia, a fear of clowns..".

Coined during the 1990s, the word coulrophobia is based on the Greek word koulon ‘limb’ and related derivatives suggestive of stilts and stilt-walking. The Greek kolobathristes means ‘one who goes on stilts’. That's obviously how most clowns got around in ancient Greeece, but nowadays a surprising number of people are freaked out by the guy with the crazy wig, red bulbous nose and long shoes and not a stilt in sight.

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A SPUD was a digging tool, useful for unearthing potatoes and the name eventually meant the potato itself

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