Meaning of hodophobe | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone affected by hodophobia; someone having a fear of or aversion to travelling.

Examples

“Carol, 26, another hodophobe, describes how she used to react to boarding a plane—before she stopped flying altogether (she wouldn't let us use her real name because she's embarrassed about her phobia): "I'd feel like I was walking to the electric chair. I'd cry, make a scene. I've canceled trips because I was so sure the plane was going to crash. I tried getting drunk, taking sedatives. But if you body thinks it's in danger, it's hard to calm down."”

“While my bunkmates jotted cheery letters to their families, I whimpered into my pillow, an incipient hodophobe racked by some impossible mix of homesickness and wanderlust.”

“Instances of death at sea are far less common than (hodophobes, look away) road accidents.”

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