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The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing. No credit is given for distinguishing between these two very different emotions.

— David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)

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Quoting his brother Paul

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