A turning point in one's popularity and perceived effectiveness. Comes from when President Bush stood atop the rubble of the World Trade Center and announced, using a bullhorn: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked down these buildings will hear all of us soon."

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.