Nomophobia affects majority of UK
telegraph.co.uk
Nomophobia affects majority of UK
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Re: Nomophobia affects majority of UK
#2"Nomophobia"? Who invents these words? How about lexiphobia, the fear of not having an erudite-sounding but meaningless polysyllable on the tip of one's tongue at the perfect moment?
Re: Nomophobia affects majority of UK
#3"Nomophobia"? Who invents these words? How about lexiphobia, the fear of not having an erudite-sounding but meaningless polysyllable on the tip of one's tongue at the perfect moment?
The British Post Office invented it to advertise something or other. I assume it was a joke based on no-mobile-pho(ne|bia).
Also, wiktionary tells me nomophobia already means fear of laws.