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gephyrophobia - n., fear of crossing bridges.


Actually, the definitions are not entirely clear whether it's of bridges themselves or crossing them -- enough have the latter that I've pretty sure that's the intended meaning. From, as you might expect, Greek gephyra, bridge.

---L.

Date: 2007-08-31 06:59 am (UTC)
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there are just so many phobias. nice one :D

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