Thursday, December 13, 2007

Funny Phobias

Apeirophobia- Fear of the Infinite
Arachibutyrophobia — fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Aulophobia — fear of flutes
Automatonophobia — fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures or wax statues
Bolshephobia — fear of Bolsheviks
Coitophobia — fear of coitus, sex, or sexual intercourse
Coprastasophobia — fear of constipation
Coulrophobia — fear of clowns
Cyprianophobia — fear of prostitutes, venereal disease, or STDs
Defecaloesiophobia — fear of painful bowels movements
Dishabiliophobia — fear of undressing in front of someone
Dutchphobia — fear of the Netherlands, the Dutch, Dutch Culture
Ephebiphobia — fear of teenagers
Euphobia — fear of hearing good news
Geniophobia — fear of chins
Hadephobia — fear of hell (who isn't afraid of this)
Helminthophobia — fear of being infested with worms
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia — fear of long words
Homilophobia — fear of sermons
Kolpophobia — fear of genitals, particularly female
Lachanophobia — fear of vegetables
Lutraphobia —fear of otters
Medomalacuphobia — fear of losing an erection
Oneirogmophobia — fear of wet dreams
Papaphobia — fear of the Pope
Parthenophobia — fear of virgins or young girls
Pentheraphobia — fear of mother-in-law
Pogonophobia — fear of beards
Proctophobia — fear of rectums
Scriptophobia —fear of writing in public
Walloonphobia — fear of the Walloons

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia...
(which is greek) literally means "fear of seven footed river horse monsters".

So in other words, you'd be afraid of seven footed hippos.

Kurt said...

I, for one, am very afraid of seven-footed hippos.

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