Adjective. Of fiction and narrative, a story / character / etc with pretensions towards being epic, mythical and majestic but which falls short, usually ending up being pretentious, cluttered, noisy and / or bombastic instead.

Corruption of the adjective 'mythic', based on how it might be pronounced in certain accents and regional dialects (esp. South / Estuary regions of London).

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.