Benkinersphobia
Benkinersphobia by kelzb October 4, 2012
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Benkinersophobia
Fear of not receiving a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on one's eleventh birthday.
A study recently showed that many children believe in the magical world of Harry Potter created by J.K. Rowling and are, in fact, fearful of it not existing. This fear often manifests itself in the form of an act described in the book which would be the first contact with the magical world in question - receiving a letter from Hogwarts. The build up to the eleventh birthday can be a time of anxiety for children suffering from this phobia.
A study recently showed that many children believe in the magical world of Harry Potter created by J.K. Rowling and are, in fact, fearful of it not existing. This fear often manifests itself in the form of an act described in the book which would be the first contact with the magical world in question - receiving a letter from Hogwarts. The build up to the eleventh birthday can be a time of anxiety for children suffering from this phobia.
-'Have you noticed James acting oddly recently?'
-'Yes, I think he may be suffering from Benkinersophobia.'
-'Yes, I think he may be suffering from Benkinersophobia.'
Benkinersophobia by Drew Turanchar April 27, 2006
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Benkinnersophobia
Person 1: Kenny B. has Benkinnersophobia
Person 2: You mean he's scared he wont get an owl telling him to go to Hogwarts?
Person 1: no he's just really really lame
Person 2: You mean he's scared he wont get an owl telling him to go to Hogwarts?
Person 1: no he's just really really lame
Benkinnersophobia by Andy Carruth May 11, 2006
fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)