bozophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Humorous; Informal; Uncountable

"Do not go to the Ringling Museum of the Circus if you suffer from bozophobia."
"I hate clowns, clowns suck, clowns are big, mean scary people, who deserve to get the crap beat out of them like no one else deserves to. (Except maybe mimes) Bozophobia aside, I really like this: it's fast, it's well played, […]"
"No explanation has yet been given for Anya's lapinaphobia, anymore than for Willow's ranidophobia, or Xander's bozophobia."

Bozo (a famous American clown character) + -phobia

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