A female travel companion. This is the female you generally room with and spend all your time with at conferences and conventions. Sometimes this is a totally platonic partner; other times this partner satisfies a sexual or emotional need. It's especially fun to pretend that your otherwise platonic friend is in fact your sexual partner as you gallivant around the tourist attractions of the city. It is generally understood that this special connection is most strong while traveling. Both males and females can have a conference wife.

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.

Your side chick who you always stay with conferences or conventions.

The woman that you meet up or travel with at conferences that you do everything with while there such as dinners, conference socials, and often times sharing a hotel room to save money . She looks out for the guy (or gal because women can also have a conference wife too). To others, it would appear that this couple is in a marriage or serious relationship when this type of relationship is usually non-sexual although it's not uncommon for the lines to get blurred on occasion.