Help Sheri conquer her fear of "Stilt Walking"
My lovely girlfriend Sheri has a crippling fear. A particular Coulrophobia (Stilt Walkers).
Sheri believes that if she can get 1,000 signatures she can gain the courage of your support to finally meet and speak to a stilt walker, and also...
Walk on stilts herself.
Please support Sheri and help her conquer her fear and sign this petition today!
#CaptainPirateFace
Definition:
Coulrophobia
Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns.
The term is of recent origin, probably dating from the 1980s, and according to one analyst, "has been coined more on the Internet than in printed form because it does not appear in any previously published, psychiatric, unabridged, or abridged dictionary." However, the author later notes, "regardless of its less-than-verifiable etymology, coulrophobia exists in several lists."
The prefix coulro- may be a neologism derived from the Ancient Greek word κωλοβαθριστής meaning "stilt-walker." Although the concept of a clown as a figure of fun was unknown in classical Greek culture, stiltwalking was practiced.
