Talk:antlophobia

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antlophobia

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Fear of floods. Only in word lists. The one citation given has poor grammar and appears to be a vanity-published poem by a subliterate writer. Equinox 20:58, 7 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

"Th eother" and "learing" were typos introduced by an editor. They weren't found in the original text. It's "learning to read was thy great antlophobia." It's think it's a metaphor for finding learning to read as a young child to be overwhelming — fearing that you're going to be inundated by words. -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 01:05, 10 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Cited if you count the poem. -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 01:34, 10 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
RFV passed, I think. Glossed as rare. Thanks, Cloudcuckoolander. Equinox 01:28, 6 May 2015 (UTC)Reply