Biography: Men Who Built the Bridge. It took much more than a clever engineer and a relentless promoter to build the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge effort enlisted men by the hundreds to do the filthy, back-breaking, and routinely dangerous labor.
batophobia batÂ·oÂ·phoÂ·biÂ·a (bÄt'É-fÅ'bÄ-É) n. An abnormal fear of being near an object of great height, such as a skyscraper or mountain.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking or of speaking in general. The word glossophobia comes from the Greek Î³Î»á¿¶ÏÏÎ± glÅssa, meaning tongue, and ÏÏÎ²Î¿Ï phobos, fear or dread.