The Play of Words by Richard Lederer
Author:Richard Lederer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1990-07-15T00:00:00+00:00
29. the fleshy pad just below the thumb
uvula
30. the hollow area at the back of the knee
vomer
(Answers on page 212)
FEAR OF PHOBIAS
Do you have an undomesticated pet phobia? No? Think again. Does your stomach want to scream when it and you arrive at the zenith of a Ferris wheel? Does your head retract turtlelike into your body when the lightning flashes and the thunder cracks? Does the sight of a snake or a spider, or a cat or a dog send your mind into a spin cycle?
Such fears are called phobias, and there is a name for practically every one of them. Phobos, “fear,” was the son of Ares, the god of war, and was the nephew of Eris, goddess of discord, and brother to Deimos, “terror.” The names of our deepest dreads generally include the Greek root phobia, meaning “fear or hatred,” affixed to another root, which is usually Greek as well.
In the left-hand column of the quiz that follows are some of humankind’s most persistent fears and terrors. In the right-hand column are the names we have assigned to these things that go bump in our minds. Match each description with its proper label:
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