Glossophobia
My example: She'd rather take a twenty-mile hike wearing a ten pound backpack, clean the toilet and do without her morning coffee than accept a public speaking engagement.
Glossophobia: An overview (medicalnewstoday.com)
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Did you know, a group of owls is called a parliament?
For more information: https://birdfact.com/articles/what-is-a-group-of-owls-called#
7 comments:
I did know that a group of owls is called a Parliament. I suspect they are better behaved than many human parliamentarians too.
I don't like public speaking but I can do it.
I've rarely spoken to an audience but I have improved over the years, the last being at my partner's memorial gathering.
Yes, I did know that. Owls are supposed to wise, and I should think collectively in a parliament, very wise. Our political parliaments, not so much.
Parliament yes ... and I've got over glossophobia thankfully ... nothing's easy at the moment ... cheers Hilary
I didn't know about glossophobia, but knew about a parliament from Chaucer's poem A Parliament of Fouels.
If ever I had glossophobia I have long since gotten over it. I give presentations all the time and enjoy it.
Good word!
Parliament for a group of owls--never knew that. I wonder how that came to be.
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