Well, I didn't, but I don't think it can be 'buttonophobia', that'd be too easy.And I think coulrophobia is a fear of clowns, so I'm going for the other one - koumpounophobia.
Before we wrap up, time to get the answer to this week's question.Some people have a fear of buttons, it's a recognised phobia, but what's it called? Is it A: buttonophobia B: koumpounophobia, or C: coulrophobia? And Neil, you said?
A specific fear of clowns has sometimes been discussed in terms of a specific phobia.
The term coulrophobia has been coined in the context of informal "-phobia lists".
The term is not listed in the World Health Organisation's ICD-10 nor in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 categorisation of disorders.