A play on the word "coattails" where one rides on the success of another's joke. Admiration or praise is shifted from the original joke teller to the joke sniper who is riding on joketails.

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.