unknown origin but as of 2010 in Fitchburg Ma. a group of kids from a program known as SummerUp, particularly Longsjo Parksite, often poked each other as a game and exclaimed "Bowah!" (pronounced Bow-Wah!) it is often used as a greeting or hello.If you know or have had someone "Bowah" with you then you are of special importance, considering it was but a group of kids who created this saying.

Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.

Anatidaephobia is derived from the Greek word "anatidae", meaning ducks, geese or swans and "phobos" meaning fear.