Funny/Odd Phobias

[Laura]

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.

[Kyle]

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.

[Laura]

Hahaha yeah, the peanut butter thing got me too. They've got some insanely funny ones on that site.

[Kyle]

i love readin those, it makes you think about who has some of those fears... their crazy!

[EvadingShadows]

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

[Laura]

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.