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<h1 class="css-1qbmdpe e1rg2mtf5">coulrophobia</h1>
<div><span class="css-1khtv86 e1rg2mtf2">[kool-r<span class="italic">uh</span>–<span class="bold">foh</span>-bee-<span class="italic">uh</span>]</span></div>
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<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="1"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6">an <span class="one-click">abnormal</span> <span class="one-click">fear</span> of <span class="one-click">clowns.</span></span></li>
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<h2 class="css-1q5i0w0 e1cxe2lc0"><span id="wordOrigin">Origin of <span class="css-1fxfie5 e1vvcl3c0">coulrophobia</span></span></h2>
<div class="css-1jci32p e1iz2gwk0"><span class="luna-date">1980-85;</span></div>
<div class="css-1jci32p e1iz2gwk0"> <span class="luna-langc italic"><span class="one-click">coulro-</span></span> <span class="one-click">(perhaps</span> < <span class="luna-langn"><span class="one-click">Greek</span></span> <span class="luna-langc italic"><span class="one-click">kolon</span></span> <span class="one-click">limb;</span> <span class="one-click">with</span> <span class="one-click">sense</span> of <span class="one-click">‘stiltwalker’, </span> <span class="one-click">hence</span> <span class="one-click">‘clown’)</span> + <a class="luna-xref" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-phobia">-phobia</a></div>
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<section class="css-54ces9 e16svm7n0"><span class="css-115kt4v e614id60">Related forms-</span><span class="css-uzg0jd e614id61"><span class="luna-runon bold"><span class="one-click">coul·ro·pho·bic</span></span>, <span class="luna-pos"><span class="one-click">adjective,</span></span> <span class="luna-pos"><span class="one-click">noun</span></span></span></section>
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<p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXxKKZ8X7k1qrF9VLgCqvBP2wzabGYp-/view?usp=sharing">Coulrophobic Friends</a></p>
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coulrophobia [kool-ruh–foh-bee-uh] noun an abnormal fear of clowns. Origin of coulrophobia 1980-85; coulro- (perhaps Greek kolon limb; with sense of ‘stiltwalker’, hence ‘clown’) + -phobia Related forms-coul·ro·pho·bic, adjective, noun Coulrophobic Friends https://archive.org/download/20180816_201809/20180816.mp3



coulrophobia
[kool-ruh–foh-bee-uh]
noun



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<li>an&nbsp;abnormal&nbsp;fear&nbsp;of&nbsp;clowns.</li>
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Origin of&nbsp;coulrophobia
1980-85;
&nbsp;coulro-&nbsp;(perhaps&nbsp;&lt;&nbsp;Greek&nbsp;kolon&nbsp;limb;&nbsp;with&nbsp;sense&nbsp;of&nbsp;‘stiltwalker’,&nbsp;&nbsp;hence&nbsp;‘clown’)&nbsp;+&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-phobia" rel="noopener noreferrer">-phobia</a>

Related forms-coul·ro·pho·bic,&nbsp;adjective,&nbsp;noun



<p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXxKKZ8X7k1qrF9VLgCqvBP2wzabGYp-/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coulrophobic Friends</a></p>
<p><a href="https://archive.org/download/20180816_201809/20180816.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://archive.org/download/20180816_201809/20180816.mp3</a></p>

Episode 174 Coulrophobic Friends

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