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Buzzword: "Trypophobia" is a revulsion and fear of objects with clusters of small holes - think beehives, ant holes and in particular lotus seed heads. The name for this phobia was only coined in 2005, but there are a surprisingly huge number of people who suffer from this strange fear.

Bilingual news: Have you ever stood at a bus shelter and longed to take the weight off your feet, to be presented with only the unpleasant prospect of some metal contraption to lean on? If you've wondered how anyone could possibly get comfortable using it, then the answer is simple - they're not supposed to. In a new wave of design, dubbed hostile architecture, aesthetics are not the only motivating factor when making choices about the form and fabric of particular constructions.