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- noun The
fear ofthunder andlightning .
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Nobody's sure what triggers brontophobia (the fear of thunderstorms).
sionnach commented on the word brontophobia
Fear of inclement weather on the moors.
December 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word brontophobia
Isn't it literally "fear of thunder"? I seem to remember brontosaurus meaning "thunder lizard" because of the booming sound it probably made when it walked.
December 20, 2007
sionnach commented on the word brontophobia
U: Yes, bronto- is the thunder prefix. Except in certain parts of Yorkshire.
However, I believe the preferred style of lizard locomotion is leaping, rather than thundering.
December 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the word brontophobia
Now there's an image. When dinosaurs roamed leaped around the earth... "Incoming!!"
December 21, 2007
sionnach commented on the word brontophobia
One of my favorite placenames on this little planet of ours has always been Lizard Lick, North Carolina.
There's something intrinsically exciting about saurian salivation. Especially where those thunder lizards are involved.
I admit it. I'm a brontosauroptyalophiliac.
December 21, 2007
seanahan commented on the word brontophobia
It's a race for the first hilarious comment to be posted brontephobia.
December 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word brontophobia
I don't know, sionnach--Lizard Lick is pretty good, but I always liked Dam Neck, VA (part of a U.S. Naval Air Station).
December 21, 2007
grandpa27 commented on the word brontophobia
brontosaur |?bränt??sôr| (also brontosaurus |?bränt??sôr?s|)
noun
another term for apatosaur .
DERIVATIVES
brontosaurian |?bränt??sôr??n| adjective
ORIGIN modern Latin from Greek bront? ‘thunder’ + sauros ‘lizard.’
It appears to me that brontophobia is a fear of thunder
April 4, 2009