Meaning of pogonophobic | Babel Free

Definitions

Having an aversion to beards.

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Examples

“They are part of a noble pogonophobic tradition dating back to early Christian times, when clean-shaven Romans guarded Western civilisation against shaggy savages.”

“[…] knows I'm pogonophobic. When I hired him he hadn't grown his beard. Nowadays I'm not important enough to fire him.”

“Did you hear of the pogonophobic barber, / Who suddenly decided that he wanted fame? / But on the stage he developed nomatophobia, / And couldn't bear to hear his own name.”

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