If you do, you're in the wrong place..lol.

Verbophobia- Fear of words.

Here is a list of phobias.

I'm not making light of some, they are real and quite terrifying for the person that experiences them, but on the other hand, some of them are sort of ridiculous.

BTW...I suffer from Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat...heh!

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 30, 2001

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H ere is where I found that list.

Very interesting (long) article on phobias.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 30, 2001.

You know, Peg, I just returned to the office from a visit to the dentist. Dentophobic I am. Two hours since I left his office and my heart is still pounding! This is not fun.

I like to tackle fears. They're a good test of one's metal. Irational fears just plain suck.

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), March 30, 2001.

I know whatcha mean, Rich.

Went to get my teeth cleaned Wed. and during the whole procedure my hands were clasped together so tightly, that I had pins and needles in them afterwards. I didn't even realise that I was doing it, until it was over. And I go through this routinly every 6 months. You think that one would be used to it...but nooooooooo!

..gotta go back in May for a tiny filling, an appt. that I've already put off twice, something kept coming up...yeah, right!!..LOL

-- Peg (pegmlcoed@mediaone.net), March 30, 2001.

OMG Thanks Peg this was fun for an hour! Some excerpts:

Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions. (LOLOL)

Ballistophobia- Fear of missles or bullets.(DUH)

Blennophobia- Fear of slime.(o-tay)

Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law (LOL)

Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians (ahem)

Proctophobia- Fear of rectum.(uh...)

Electrophobia- Fear of electricity.(hopefully you're a californian)

Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.(say what?)

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth (i think i have this, heh)

Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single ( i KNOW i have this)

Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.(this one too!)

Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. (uh...hello?)

Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch. (sorry unk LOL)

Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple (uh, AB?)

Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.(i do not have this)

Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up (nor this)

Peladophobia- Fear of bald people (NOR this)

Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.(i'm not touching this one)

Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion (uh flint...tarzan?)

Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.(LOL!)

Odontophobia- Fear of teeth (very prevalent in the ozarks i presume)

Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables (my kids try to use this one all the time)

-- (cin@cin.cin), March 30, 2001.

Johnny Carson used to do an occasional bit on phobias. (invented by his writers). The one that I remember is ____ phobia, the fear of backing up naked into a cold doornob.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), March 30, 2001.

no.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), March 30, 2001.

Peg, thanks -- wow -- wonderful grist for printing out and curling up with by the fireside tonight! And whenever I'm losing a debate, now I can say, "Oh yeah? Well, I bet you're probably suffering from (here I insert my favorite "phobia du jour" here) anyway. So, nyaaah, nyaaah, nyaaah." (actually I like Maria's kewl goofy comeback, "Nonny, nonny, boo boo" or something like that -- but I can't take that one from her. Well, guilt-free, anyway.)

And love your tiny print, Peg -- I almost always know it'll be something that'll get me crackin' up.

Anyway...

Y'all can have more fun by substituting "mania" for "phobia"...see Roget's International Thesaurus, for example -- as I recall, pretty much each "phobia" had a corresponding "mania". So, all the "manias" would be just as legit.

And....Flint....um....are ya sure you don't just have a fear of questions? :)

-- Eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), March 30, 2001.

Neat site. My nomination is "neoautophobia," fear of having to get a new car (which phobia some might believe I suffer from).

My favorite juxtaposition of phobias (so far) on the above referenced site:

Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
Coprophobia- Fear of feces.

Also of interest (to me, anyway) was the nomination of "Aibohphobia" for fear of pallindromes.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), March 30, 2001.

Was it FDR or who? that said

"The only thing we have to fear is phobophobia" !

or something like that. ;-)

-- Debbie (dbspence@usa.net), March 30, 2001.

Debbie,
Having conquered my "retrochronophobia" (fear of learning history), I believe you're right!

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), March 30, 2001.

"VERBOPHOBIA?" Coined,no doubt, by the uneducated, puffed up with the confidence of their own ignorance. Give us "Logophobia," OK, but mixing a Latin and a Greek root in a single word smacks of inexcusably bad taste.

-- YourEnglishTeacher (Remember@Years.Back), March 31, 2001.

I was surprised that they left off some of my personal favorites:

Zydecophobia - fear of Cajun music (who hasn’t experienced this?)

Camarorepophobia - fear of lost wellfare checks (my particular nightmare)

Jehovawitnophobia - fear that someone will come a-knockin’ while the trailer is a-rockin’ (unfortunately, this is no longer a big problem for me)

Gatorbitaphobia - fear of large estuarian reptiles (or additionally, fear of MY mother-in-law)

Droppedsoapraphobia - fear that your 300 cellmate might have his conjugal visits cancelled

Pinklaceaphobia- fear of being caught fondling the panties in the Victoria’s Secret store (yes, I did get professional help with this one)

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-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), March 31, 2001.

I'm not verbophobic, but I could be hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic if there were no dictionaries.

-- (bygrace@thru.faith), March 31, 2001.

LOLOL Lon and Grace!

-- (cin@cin.cin), March 31, 2001.