gephyrophobia -- WOTY?

[Dan Goncharoff]

The answer, I have no doubt, is here:

http://monk.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Adrian_Monk's_Phobias

DanG


On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Meaning, I learn, "fear of bridges".  Not in the OED yet, but found
> elsewhere.
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> One of Adrian Monk's phobias -- in one episode he refused to take a
> job across the Bay because he would have to travel over a
> bridge.  While Monk once asked Dr. Kroger if a particular phobia of
> his had a name, and was told "I don't think so", to my recollection
> it wasn't fear of bridges.
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> Why word of the year?  With the recent spate of bridge collapses
> (Seattle and in Missouri), gephyrophobia may become epidemic.
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> Joel
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