Friday, October 13, 2006

Phobias

  • Papaphobia—fear of the pope.
  • Scorodophobia—fear of garlic.
  • Pteronophobia—fear of being tickled with feathers.
  • Ranidaphobia—fear of frogs.
  • Philematophobia—fear of kissing.
  • Aulophobia—fear of flutes.
  • Ostraconophobia—fear of shellfish.
  • Graphophobia—fear of handwriting.
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia—fear of long words (seriously).
  • Blennophobia—fear of slime.
  • Gerontophobia—fear of old people.
  • Peladophobia—fear of bald people.
  • Geropeladophobia—fear of old, bald people.
  • Phobophobia—fear of developing a fear.
  • Didaskaleinophobia - fear of going to school—though you’d have to go if you want to pronounce it.
  • Barophobia is the fear of gravity, which can be very inconvenient if you live on a planet.

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