Can't keep a good beard down

For a brief period yesterday, Google searches for 'pogonotrophic' put the Engine Room as the number one result – ahead of such respected sites as beardcommunity.com. Being an authority on all things pogonotrophic (as a result of choosing pogonotrophy as a word of the day), we can presumably expect beard-related Google ads on the blog before too long...

Coincidentally, a friend of a friend of mine was pogonophobic – pogonophobia being the fear of beards. Eventually he grew a beard himself in what I can only surmise was a form of immersion therapy. Too late – he had already acquired the nickname 'Poggy' (and bears it to this day).

Perhaps you'd like to learn the names of some other great phobias...