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#1 2015-12-16 20:02:10

CatherineR
Eggcornista
Registered: 2006-08-09
Posts: 61

"cluster phobic" for "claustrophobic"

“This home was built for an upper-middle-class family and would feel less boxy and cluster phobic in the interior layout.” From a comment on a picture on Facebook.

A Google search reveals some 4,000 examples, including one on TripAdvisor complaining about a “cluster phobic boutique” hotel with small rooms. According to the poster, the hotel also offers “happy hour with free bear before 6:30.” (Although it’s not an eggcorn, I offer the free bear as an extra treat.)

Obviously, if you are cluster phobic you object to things clustering around you.

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#2 2015-12-16 20:32:26

David Bird
Eggcornista
From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

Re: "cluster phobic" for "claustrophobic"

Excellent eggcorns eventually form clusters. Another eggcornista overlooked the previous submission of clusterphobic (presumably because it didn’t include the acorn) when posting clusterphobia. A comedy of acorns, I think.

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