I love words, in case you hadn't gathered.  It irritates me when I hear a word that I do not understand and I write it down and check it as soon as possible. Gerontophobia. Gerontophobia is the fear of age-related self-degeneration (similar to Gerascophobia), or a hatred or fear of the elderly due to memento mori. The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, "old man" and φόβος – phobos,...

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