This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. Jerry Seinfeld has an old comedy bit about how people fear public speaking more than they fear dying. “So that means if ...

Nomophobia: When Your Phone Becomes a Security Blanket Imagine feeling genuine terror at the thought of being separated from ...

“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!” Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke those words in order to perk up the peeps during the depths of the depression. It’s a great line, but it’s not true.

Who's afraid of the dark? Plenty of people. But when does uneasiness at night shift from something that's unpleasant to a ...

Image credits: r/words The name of this phobia may be absurd, but it has helped raise awareness. That blend of science and humor is what fascinates people most. The word makes people laugh, but it ...

The ticking of a clock can feel like a countdown you can’t escape. For people with chronophobia, time itself becomes ...

Did you know that word phobia is a thing? I understand acrophobia, the fear of heights (you could break a hip). I totally get arachnophobia, the fear of spiders (especially the ones with hairy legs).

Everyone fears something. In fact, it is estimated that more than 19 million Americans suffer from specific phobia. But the things that we fear and the extent to which we fear them can vary greatly ...

The phobia is often listed among more unusual conditions, like the fear of hair, dinner parties, or belly buttons. Yet while some odd phobias spark curiosity or compassion, this one is more frequently ...