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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Nomophobia
Description: Nomophobia is a noun that refers to the fear of being without a cell phone.
Our word of the day is a recent addition to the English language that gets its origin from the words ‘no moble phone’ as well as the Greek suffix P-H-O-B-I-A which refers to an all-consuming fear of. Here’s an example of nomophobia in use:
While camping in the woods, I often feel overcome with a sense of nomophobia. But that feeling fades in the middle of a spooky ghost story told around the campfir...