What does pogonophobic mean?
Pogonophobic means (rare) Having an aversion to beards..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Having an aversion to beards..
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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Pogonophobic means (rare) Having an aversion to beards..
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They are part of a noble pogonophobic tradition dating back to early Christian times, when clean-shaven Romans guarded Western civilisation against shaggy savages.
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