Phobias

[Momo8]

I was Googling to try to find a particular name for a 'phobia' and came across these ones made me laugh:

Androphobia/Hominophobia- Fear of men.

Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect.

Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.

Sexophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)

Sarmassophobia- Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)

Paraphobia- Fear of sexual perversion.

Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.

Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.

Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor.

Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells

Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty.

Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers

Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.

Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.

Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.

Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.

Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.

Coitophobia- Fear of coitus.

Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.

Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.

Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.

Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.

Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.

Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements.

Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking.

Potophobia- Fear of alcohol.

Ecophobia- Fear of home.

Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.

Ergophobia- Fear of work.

Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.

Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.

Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law.

Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.

Geniophobia- Fear of chins.

Genophobia- Fear of sex.

Genuphobia- Fear of knees.

Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.

Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.

Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.

....and my personal favourite Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Edited December 2, 2007 by Momo8

[autonomous_unit]

Hominophobia reminds me of: Haminaphobia - Fear of being rendered speechless

(hopefully someone here remembers the Honeymooners)

[soundman]

Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.

This one would be a little difficult to live with.

[game4shame]

some classics in there. this was a paticular favourite:

Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

google tells me it's genuine too. <deleted>.

[game4shame]

Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.

Ergophobia- Fear of work.

I think I suffer from that.

[taxexile]

funny that they didnt list the word for the fear of reading long lists of phobias.

[Naam]

phobia bullshittensis = fear of superfluous topics

[DirkGently]

I have always wondered how some of these phobias manifest themselves. For example I have a phobia of crabs. I can't stand them. I don't like to look at them or be near them. So I avoid them and if there is one on a beach I will scare it away.

So how does a fear of clouds affect a persons daily life? Do the only go out at night and on clear blue days?

While I am on the subject, why is a dislike of muslims called Islamaphobia, when it is actually a dislike and not a fear of?

[Flatouthruthefog]

I have always wondered how some of these phobias manifest themselves. For example I have a phobia of crabs. I can't stand them. I don't like to look at them or be near them. So I avoid them and if there is one on a beach I will scare it away.

So how does a fear of clouds affect a persons daily life? Do the only go out at night and on clear blue days?

While I am on the subject, why is a dislike of muslims called Islamaphobia, when it is actually a dislike and not a fear of?

A psychiatrist would have a field day here on this thread! Could I ask if your fear of crabs may be conquered by eating a few, or would that be even more horrific?

I admit to a fear of flying, which I hear is totally different from the fear of standing on high cliffs or buildings, which I can do.

I also deeply dislike the taste and the texture of cucumbers and bananas, but don't think that renders me penilephobic or whatever it was? Maybe I'd hate that taste and texture too, which is maybe why I am a self-confessed hetero? Whoops. Think I'm going to be censored now so will go home immediately. Carry on everyone!