Weird Phobias

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  1. Tournesol

    Tournesol New Member

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    A few interesting phobias:

    Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words
    Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
    Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
    Anglophobia- Fear of England, English culture, etc.
    Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
    Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.
    Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
    Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law.
    Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
    Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
    Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
    Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
    Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
     
  2. Notharah

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    lol... hehe... you amused me... stick around :smile:
     
  3. Tournesol

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    Here's some more:

    Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
    Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
    Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
    Androphobia- Fear of men.
    Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
    Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
    Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
    Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks.
    Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
    Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
    Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
    Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.

    Feel free to comment on any of those..

    Here's a combination one I made up and convinced a friend existed:
    seminecroclaustropedofhilia: Fear of half-dead children in confined spaces
     
  4. Drugar

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    Well, so far I'm suffering from:

    Androphobia- Fear of men.
    Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
    Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
    Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words
    Anglophobia- Fear of England, English culture, etc. (doesn't everyone)
    Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law.
    Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
    Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking. (though that only kicks in at school)

    I think I did quite alright, by human standards..
     
  5. Tournesol

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    how did you write that post without panicking if you have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?

    Here's some more:

    Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.
    Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia- Fear of glass.
    Hygrophobia- Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
    Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights.
    Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
    Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
    Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
    Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
     
  6. Drugar

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    It took me a lot of courage, and my mom held my hand.
    Good thing it wasn't my dad...he scares me.
    Stupid males...
     
  7. Tournesol

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    well, I suffer from the following:


    Androphobia- Fear of men.
    Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
    Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
    Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
    Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.

    and since I'm a clumsy man with long hair and a beard that reads a lot of books (me, not the beard. The beard only reads comics), I creep me out.. I wonder if there's a phobia named Egophobia- Fear of self..
     
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    Funny, some of those aren't in the dictionary...
     
  9. Jarinor

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    Oh no, they're words, you just won't find them in any conventional dictionary. There's also:

    Blennophobia - Fear of slime
    Ponophobia/Ergasiophobia - Fear of work
    Scopophobia/Scotopobia - One is fear of the dark, one is fear of being seen. I forget which is which, but it'd suck to suffer from both.
    Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure
    Gymnephobia - Fear of women (I think, anyway)

    That's all I can remember off the top of my head anway. There's a book no less than 5 metres away with far more in it, but I can't be bothered.
     
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    You're obviously a closet Bibliophobe. :)
     
  11. Tournesol

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    Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
    (AARRRGGHHH!! Those lines aren't symmetrical! HELP!)

    Carnophobia- Fear of meat.
    (A hamburger! Run for your lives!)

    Chronophobia- Fear of time.
    (The time.. It's a passin'! Somebody stop it!)

    I think I suffer from Ponophobia/Ergasiophobia....
     
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    That reminds me...

    Chrematophobia - Fear of money. Don't spend it on treatment, send it to me!
     
  13. Drugar

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    Drugarophobia - Fear of little men with huge swords and a bad temper
     
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    i don't suffer from any of thiose named. i really don't have a phobia of anything. sure, i'm scared of things, but not bad enough to be considered a phobia.
     
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    hahaha... lollig. :razz:
     
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    Oh come bloody on, I've had 64 posts here so far, and you only noticed it now?
    Ugh, you're not worthy to be in teh same country as me...go on now, scurry off! Shoo!

    *makes a dismissive gesture at Notharah*
     
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    Pogonophobia?

    Like the fear of DwarvenWarrior? :eek:
     
  18. Jarinor

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    No, you fucking moron.
     
  19. Drugar

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    Everyone has that, it's no phobia.
     
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    bushphobia: fear of shrubberies, american presidents and female pubic hair..
     
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