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Post by Laura on Mar 8, 2005 19:09:13 GMT -5
This just proves that if you are afraid of something, no matter what it is......doctors have named a phobia after it.
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~Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words. ~Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. ~Anablephobia- Fear of looking up. ~Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind. ~Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers. ~Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. ~Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things. ~Aulophobia- Fear of flutes. ~Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks ~Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells. ~Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors. ~Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed. ~Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body ~Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch. ~ Geliophobia- Fear of laughter. ~Geniophobia- Fear of chins. ~Genophobia- Fear of sex. ~Genuphobia- Fear of knees.
There's a LOT more, (www.phobialist.com). See if you can find the most random one. I just think things like this are interesting/hilarious. Especially the one about long words.
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Post by Kyle on Mar 8, 2005 19:33:37 GMT -5
octaphobia - fear of the number 8 Peladophobia - fear of bald people Rhabdophobia - fear of being beaten by a rod or instrument of punishment, or of being severely criticized Caligynephobia - fear of beautiful women...... ummmm Arachibutyrophobia - fer of peanut butter stickin to the roof of your mouth.
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Post by Laura on Mar 8, 2005 21:29:42 GMT -5
Hahaha yeah, the peanut butter thing got me too. They've got some insanely funny ones on that site.
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Post by Kyle on Mar 13, 2005 14:33:12 GMT -5
i love readin those, it makes you think about who has some of those fears... their crazy!
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Post by EvadingShadows on Mar 13, 2005 17:31:33 GMT -5
First of all, the one about the long word has a specific meaning. Everything before the phobia part just means "pertaining to long words." It is synonomous with sesquipedalian. Both have the same root word. heh. Nevermind. I'm a word freak....
Secondly, "pantophobia" is my favorite phobia. It literally means "the fear of everything." That cracks me up. Everything? Just think about that one for a minute. God bless! ~EvadingShadows
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Post by Laura on Mar 13, 2005 17:33:39 GMT -5
Haha yeah, there's all sorts that really crack me up. There's a fear of breathing, fear of sleeping, fear of staying awake....all sorts of crazy stuff.
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