Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The irrational fear of clowns.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristēs, "one who goes on stilts"), from κωλόβαθρον (kōlobathron, "stilt"), from κῶλον (kōlon, "limb") + βαίνω (bainō, "I go") + -phobia ("fear of"), from φόβος (phobos, "fear"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This is the worst case of clownism I've ever heard of, I give no credence to so called coulrophobia it's just an easy excuse for down right prejudice.”
“I like the fact the recap showed Sam's coulrophobia fear of clowns from Season 2.”
Supernatural Episode Recap: "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie"
“But this weekend London offers an unrivalled opportunity for immersion therapy, which past reports suggest may be the best cure for coulrophobia.”
The Guardian: In praise of … the clowns' church service | Editorial
“Later, during an episode of intense, circus-related coulrophobia fear of clowns, she hilariously ruins a news conference.”
The Washington Post: TV Review: ABC's 'Mr. Sunshine' with Matthew Perry - he's only half-funny
“Though the trip took place some time ago, I could be suffering from late-onset coulrophobia.”
“For example claustrophobia, coitophobia, coulrophobia, numerophobia, and agoraphobia are all personality disorders, but only some count as any kind of real disability.”
“I don't consider myself to suffer from coulrophobia, but man, that clown head-in-a-plastic-jar really skeeves me out.”
“I've suffered from coulrophobia since watching "the Brave Little Toaster" as a wee one.”
“I never understood coulrophobia until I saw "Poltergeist.”
“Either of those would cause coulrophobia intense fear of clowns in anyone.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘coulrophobia’.
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PHOBIAS!!!!!!!
there are a lot of weird phobias and they are some really funny ones!!!!
Didaskaleinophobia, Geliophobia, Geumaphobia, Lachanophobia, Octophobia, Panophobia, Paraskavedekatria..., Pogonophobia, Thaasophobia, Xanthophobia, Barophobia, Bogyphobia and 17 more...
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Clownage
A list for anything to do with clowns.
clownage, clown car, greasepaint, Bim Bom, Buffo, clown shoes, hoop clown, red nose, Cepillín, payaso, Otto Griebling, Grock and 20 more...
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spenk's list
a list, after all
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φόβος
ablutophobia, acarophobia, acerophobia, agliophobia, batophobia, bibliophobia, brontophobia, bufonophobia, cacophobia, caligynephobia, catoptrophobia, chaetophobia and 221 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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The "dark" things
grave, dead, death, die, died, dies, murder, murdered, murderer, murders, murdering, murderous and 115 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2031 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, C
cryptoxanthin, convent, calcar, chuckle, campanile, covet, complexion, campestral, chirography, counterscarp, caliginous, catabolism and 722 more...
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tsherel's Words
yardie, mandeville, manchester, bogle, masai, gist, wiki, linux, pilonidal, adenoid, nerd, loser and 30 more...
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hagendas early favorites
gregarious, incredulous, onomatopoeia, loquacious, quixotic, ammazzacaffè, exsanguinating, buffalo, indefatigable, doppelgänger, wassail, coulrophobia and 57 more...
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VictoriaPL's Words
misadventure, argyle, gargoyle, harlequin, paramour, vorpal, mercurial, carpathian, serpentine, pandemonium, catharsis, miasma and 46 more...
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From TV Shows
Fun words from television
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phobias I have
Tweets
Looking for tweets for coulrophobia.
donricklin We're all Bozos on this bus. Oct 23, 2008
victoriapl fear of clowns Dec 1, 2007