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Farideh:
Argh, curses! I posted in the wrong WCDT.

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 15 Nov 2021, 21:39 ---
--- Quote from: Farideh on 15 Nov 2021, 18:41 ---New comic.

According to Google, the name for 'cowboy phobia' is 'pistolpetaphobia'. I take this term with a grain of salt, though.

Also: no, Claire. You might have been anonymous, but that is not your story to tell.

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That is likely fear of a specific cowboy, or group of cowboys: Pistol Pete is the gun-toting cowboy mascot of the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

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Very probably.
Especially since the Greek word for cowboy is 'kaoumpói' (just looked it up). So a general phobia would probably be kaoumpóiphobia, right?

Farideh:
That depends. Do all phobia names have Greek roots?

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: Farideh on 17 Nov 2021, 19:30 ---That depends. Do all phobia names have Greek roots?

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Good point.
Though generally, yes, as I understand it.
Latin is usually the other option since science.

Sidebar; it would seem Greek uses a transliteration. Interesting that the 'b' is replaced with a 'p'.

hedgie:
Since “Phobos” is Greek, to do otherwise would be mixing.

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