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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 470.1 | | MLNOIS::HARBIG | | Tue Jan 19 1988 14:12 | 3 |
| Xenophobia is a hatred of or aversion to foreigners.
Does this mean that Xenophone disliked making international
phone calls ?
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| 470.2 | Aaaaaaaaaaargh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | RDGE00::BOOTH | Deliberately Eclectic Character | Tue Jan 19 1988 14:12 | 2 |
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What could be worse than "phobophobia" ????????????????
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| 470.3 | | ME::TRUMPLER | Pining for the fnords | Tue Jan 19 1988 14:34 | 6 |
| My personal favorite (which I don't suffer from) is
aibohphobia
Sorry,
>M
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| 470.4 | Here's some | GLIVET::RECKARD | I'll get you, Frank Gatulis! | Tue Jan 19 1988 14:44 | 13 |
| > What could be worse than "phobophobia" ?...
Actually, phobophobia doesn't sound to bad to me. Wouldn't that mean
that you're afraid of fear? "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Then there's
phonophobia - uhhh... this is the fear of speaking on the telephone?
or the fear of record players?
or the fear of hearing the phone ring on a record?
photophobia - probably what Gary Hart has now, at least when he boards
a yacht in the Caribbean
phogophobia - fear of London's liquid sunshine?
pholophobia - fear of being first in line?
Jon
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| 470.5 | That ain't never been done on a record before! | MARRHQ::SBSSCOTT | Beast of Eden | Tue Jan 19 1988 15:10 | 5 |
| Concatephobia; The fear of appending two strings, end to end.
Thx,
Rgdz,
Scott
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| 470.6 | note-phobias | LEZAH::BOBBITT | Do I *look* like a Corporate Tool? | Tue Jan 19 1988 15:24 | 13 |
| no-note-aphobia: the fear that the node holding a notesfile is down.
post-haste-aphobia: the fear that you made a really embarassing
typo in a note because you were typing very quickly, and you
didn't proof-read before you posted it.
bit-bucket-phobia: the fear that the note will be schlepped into
the twilight zone by some bizarre glitch enroute to the notesfile,
and all your work would be for nought.
-Jody
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| 470.7 | alpha and omega | ERASER::KALLIS | Has anybody lost a shoggoth? | Tue Jan 19 1988 15:39 | 5 |
| Panophobia is fear of everything.
Must be a job just to remmain conscious ....
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 470.8 | Peoria | AYOV30::ISMITH | Sic Transit Gloria Swanson | Tue Jan 19 1988 15:58 | 7 |
| One which I suffer from, defined in that woderful book 'The Meaning
Of Liff', is....
Peoria - The fear of peeling too few potatoes.
Ian.
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| 470.9 | Let your feet do the dialling | HEART::KNOWLES | Brevity is the soul of wi | Tue Jan 19 1988 17:03 | 4 |
| Xenophon wasn't afraid of making international calls; he just preferred
walking ;-)
b
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| 470.10 | Arnold, stop making your mother say "gack". | MARRHQ::MALLONEE | Beast of Eden | Tue Jan 19 1988 17:38 | 13 |
| Bolonofobia; An unreasonable fear of hiking with too much boloney
in your shoes.
Dinglophobia; An insistent fear of finding the *WRONG* kind of
berries in your punch.
Arnoldophobia; The fear of being forced to say "gack".
Thx,
Rgdz,
Scott
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| 470.11 | | RTOEU2::JPHIPPS | I'm only going to say this once ! | Tue Jan 19 1988 17:47 | 9 |
|
Rent-a-phobia
A place to hire the best phobias . Special reductions for DEC
employees.
John J
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| 470.12 | The most appropriate | COMICS::KEY | Lean, mean and a lert | Tue Jan 19 1988 19:23 | 5 |
| One I found in Taber's Medical Dictionary years ago:
Hellenophobia - A fear of long, technical-sounding words.
Andy (It's true, I tell you!)
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| 470.13 | Moreover | COMICS::KEY | Lean, mean and a lert | Tue Jan 19 1988 19:24 | 4 |
| I just thought: that probably means that most contributors to this
file are suffering from "hellenophilia". :-)
Andy
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| 470.14 | ... | WELSWS::MANNION | This land ain't _her_ land | Wed Jan 20 1988 13:43 | 3 |
| I thought Xenophobia was fear of motor-cycles.
Phillip
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| 470.15 | Earlbutzaphobia | SAHQ::LILLY | reality is in the eye of the beholder | Thu Jan 21 1988 14:52 | 7 |
|
The fear of making remarks about blacks that will result in losing
your job. Jimmy the greek now suffers from this one. There was
an article in the Atlanta paper on this one just last night. I
can not take responsibility for it. Lewis Grizzard was the author.
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| 470.16 | Greek to me | HEART::KNOWLES | Brevity is the soul of wi | Thu Jan 21 1988 16:17 | 12 |
| Sorry to spoil the party, but I've just [slow - you get like that]
spotted an academical jest. Maybe it's an old joke, but I suspect
that Hellenophobia is a nonce word (which reminds me, 411 here I
come when I get time); rather like `flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification'
(which finds its way into quite a few dictionaries, but was only
understood by old Etonians when it was first thought up, whenever
_that_ was).
Helleno- means Greek; a Hellenophile loves Greece. So if something's
`all Greek to you', you're Hellenophobic.
bob
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| 470.17 | | ERIS::CALLAS | I've lost my faith in nihilism. | Thu Jan 21 1988 20:17 | 9 |
| re .16:
"Helleno- means Greek; a Hellenophile loves Greece. So if something's
`all Greek to you', you're Hellenophobic."
This sounds an awful lot like why "hellenophobia" might be the fear of
technical-sounding terms.
Jon
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| 470.18 | A mythological phobia | CLT::MEYER | Mainstream Bohemian | Thu Jan 21 1988 21:50 | 4 |
| Isn't Hellenophobia a fear of Paris?
Or a fear of war between Greece and Troy?
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| 470.19 | How about "gooberadhaesiopalatophobia" | AKOV11::BOYAJIAN | Lyra RA 18h 28m 37s D 31d 49m | Sat Jan 23 1988 10:08 | 3 |
| The fear of...
...getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
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| 470.20 | | LOV::LASHER | Working... | Mon Jan 25 1988 21:00 | 6 |
| Re: .13
"I just thought: that probably means that most contributors to this
file are suffering from 'hellenophilia'. :-)"
Not to be confused with sesquipedalianism.
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| 470.21 | list of phobias | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine | Sat Jun 25 1988 03:42 | 53 |
| If you have a fear of lists don't read this!
[ I placed a hyphen before the `phobia' to make the base
easier to read. ]
animals zoo-phobia
bees apip-phobia
being alone mono-phobia
being looked at scopho-phobia
being touched aphe-phobia
birds ornitho-phobia
blushing erythro-phobia
body odor bromidrosi-phobia
buried alive taphe-phobia
choking angino-phobia
confinement claustro-phobia
darkness nycto-phobia
death thanato-phobia
dirt myso-phobia
dogs cyno-phobia
failure kakorrhaphi-phobia
fear phobo-phobia
fire pyro-phobia
flowers anthro-phobia
flutes aulo-phobia
food cibo-phobia
ghosts phasmo-phobia
God theo-phobia
height acro-phobia
insanity lysso-phobia
insects acaro-phobia
lightning astra-phobia
marriage gamo-phobia
men andro-phobia
money chremato-phobia
mice muso-phobia
#13 triskaideka-phobia
open places agora-phobia
robbers harpaxo-phobia
sex geno-phobia
sin harmarto-phobia
sleep hypno-phobia
snakes ophidio-phobia
snow chiono-phobia
spiders arachne-phobia
strangers xeno-phobia
thunder bronto-phobia
travel hodo-phobia
walking basi-phobia
water hydro-phobia
writing grapho-phobia
women gyno-phobia
work pono-phobia
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| 470.22 | bromidrosiphobia | VENICE::SKELLY | | Sat Jun 25 1988 08:08 | 4 |
| Is this fear of ones own body odor or that of another? Depending on
your answer, this could be a handy word to know around my office.
"Boss," I can imagine myself saying, "I'm bromidrosiphobic. Could you
ask so-and-so to bathe more often?"
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| 470.23 | | SALEM::AMARTIN | MY AHH DEEDAHS! | Sat Jun 25 1988 08:32 | 5 |
|
Boss's answer
Get a Supreme court ruling on that and get back to me.
:-)
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| 470.24 | how about clichephobia? | BOOKIE::RANDALL | Bonnie Randall Schutzman | Mon Jun 27 1988 07:14 | 4 |
| Gee, I would have guessed that bromidrosiphobia was fear of
bromides.
--bonnie
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| 470.25 | | ERIS::CALLAS | Waiter, there's a bug in my code | Mon Jun 27 1988 19:31 | 4 |
| Are you sure that that list is correct? Anthrophobia sounds more
like a fear of people than a fear of flowers.
Jon
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| 470.26 | Fear of fo raef | ME::TRUMPLER | I juggle tectonic plates | Mon Jun 27 1988 20:04 | 9 |
| There is a (humorous (?)) book out on phobias. It does not include
my favorite phobia, which (if you have it) you can't say you have:
Aibohphobia
(Unfortunately, I don't think it's a real word, but it should be.)
:-)
>M
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| 470.27 | the correct antho | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine | Mon Jun 27 1988 22:37 | 7 |
| > Are you sure that that list is correct? Anthrophobia sounds more
> like a fear of people than a fear of flowers.
Well, cough-cough, ahem... Ooops. That `r' is not supposed to
be there. The correct spelling is "anthophobia". You can see
the "antho" base used in words like chrysanthomum and anthology
which, of course, means the study of flowers ;-)
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| 470.28 | Anthropophobic misanthropist | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | Jeff Goodenough, IPG Reading UK | Tue Jun 28 1988 11:25 | 3 |
| ... and fear of people would be "anthropophobia", I guess.
Jeff.
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| 470.29 | I can't see it in MY chrysanthemum. | SKIVT::ROGERS | Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate | Tue Jun 28 1988 15:48 | 8 |
| re. .27 by COOKIE::DEVINE "Bob Devine"
>...You can see the "antho" base used in words like chrysanthomum...
Well, maybe you can Bob, but I can't. ;>)
Larry
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| 470.30 | Many a true word (.27) is spoken in jest | MARVIN::KNOWLES | Another day, another document. | Wed Jun 29 1988 15:15 | 9 |
| This reply really belongs in 411, but here goes.
The first anthology _was_ subtitled `Other men's flowers'; and
one of the most popular children's anthologies is (or was) `A
child's garden of verse'. The word `anthology' does refer to
flowers; the idea being that the anthology just a collection
of pretty things that someone happens to have noticed.
b
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| 470.31 | Pornophonophobia | MERIDN::THOMPSON | | Tue Apr 25 1989 21:33 | 1 |
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| 470.32 | fear of spiders that smell like vomit? | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Fri Apr 28 1989 00:59 | 5 |
| I have seen a personal name of "Arachibutyrophobic". What
would this be? The first part suggests spiders and the second
part reminds me of a foul smelling acid from chemisty class.
Dan
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| 470.33 | No kidding! | SSGBPM::KENAH | I'm a gentle lover... | Fri Apr 28 1989 02:17 | 3 |
| Fear of Peanut Butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
andrew
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| 470.34 | Are keywords enabled in this conference? | DEMOAX::MCKENDRY | Nasty, Brutish, and Short | Fri Apr 28 1989 16:37 | 3 |
| See 541.11 for a fuller discussion of arachybutyrophobia.
-John
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| 470.35 | Try SHOW KEYWORD/FULL PHOBIA | SEAPEN::PHIPPS | DTN 225-4959 | Fri Apr 28 1989 19:20 | 2 |
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| 470.36 | more phobias (and some manias) | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Thu Jun 08 1989 02:00 | 64 |
| The following list came in the email today.
Dan
Here are some authentic phobias annd manias, collected from medical and
psychological texts for a new book, "Phobophobia: the Fear of Fear Itself"
by Ed Lucaire. ( Taken from an article in Men's Health magazine,
Spring 1989 )
Anuptaphobia: Fear of remaining single
Aphrodisiomania: Abnormal love of sexual pleasure
Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
Blennophobia: Fear of slime.
Bromidrosiphobia: Fear of having unpleasent body odor.
Choreomania: Abnormal love of dancing.
Coitophobia: Fear of sexual intercourse.
Coprolamania: Abnormal love of foul speech.
Deinpnophobia: Fear of dining and dinner conversation.
Dinophobia: Fear of whirlpools.
Dromomania: Compulsive longing to travel.
Erotographomania: Abnormal interest in erotic literature.
Eurotophobia: Fear of female genitals.
Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility.
Lyssophobia: Fear of going insane.
Mentulomania: An obsession with the penis.
Misocainea: Fear or dislike for new things.
Nucleomitaphobia: Fear of death by nuclear weapons.
Paraphobia: Fear of sexual perversions.
Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins and young women.
Patroiophobia: Fear of heredity.
Pogonophobia: Fear of beards.
Politicophobia: Fear or dislike of politicians.
Ponophobia: Fear of fatigue, especially from overworking.
Porphyrophobia: Hatred of the color purple.
Potophobia: Fear of drink or drinking.
Psychrophobia: Fear of cold temperatures.
Satyromania: In men, an abnormal dseire for frequent sexual intercourse.
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| 470.37 | natural fears | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Thu Jul 26 1990 23:52 | 10 |
| Quoted from "Phobias and Obsessions" by the Rocky Mtn News:
ombrophobia = fear of rain
anemophobia = fear of wind
eosophobia = fear of dawn
keraunophobia = fear of lightning
tonitrophobia = fear of thunder
heliophobia = fear of sun
chionophobia = fear of snow
hmoicholphobia = fear of fog
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| 470.38 | and still *more* phobias - some repeats | WECARE::KRISTY | Take off your kid gloves | Fri Jul 27 1990 05:35 | 278 |
| This went around the net awhile back (mid-March of '90)...
Subj: FWD: Phobias and you!
Subj: Yeah, that's it! I've got Ergophobia!!! (fear of WORK!)
Subj: Choose ONLY one!
Subj: Emailophobia strikes again....
<all the header junk is outta here...>
I thought you might enjoy this.Perhaps one might call it truly *sick* humor...
-< Who is afraid of.... And what is it called. >-
--------------------------------------------------------------
Acerophobia Sourness
Acarophobia Itching
Achluophobia Night, darkness
Acrophobia Heights
Aerophobia Flying, air
Agoraphobia Open spaces
Aichurophobia Points
Ailurophobia Cats
Akousticophobia Sound
Alektorophobia Chickens
Algophobia Pain
Altophobia Height
Amathophobia Dust
Amaxophobia Vehicles
Amychophobia Being scratched
Ancraophobia Wind
Androphobia Men
Anemophobia Draught
Anginaphobia Narrowness
Anglophobia England or things English
Anthophobia Flowers
Anthropophobia Human beings
Antlophobia Flood
Apeirophobia Infinity
Apiphobia Bees
Arachnophobia Spiders
Asthenophobia Weakness
Astraphobia Lightning
Ataxiophobia Disorder
Atelophobia Imperfection
Atephobia Ruin
Aulophobia Flute
Auroraphobia Auroral lights
Automysophobia Being dirty
Autophobia Being alone, being egotistical
Bacilliphobia Microbes
Bacteriophobia Bacteria
Ballistophobia Missiles
Barophobia Gravity
Bastiphobia Walking
Bathophobia Depth
Batophobia Passing high objects
Batrachophobia Reptiles
Belonophobia Needles
Biblophobia Books
Blennophobia Slime
Brontophobia Thunder
Cainophobia Novelty
Carcerophobia Cancer
Carcinophobia Cancer
Cardiophobia Heart condition
Carnophobia Meat
Chaetophobia Hair
Cheimatophobia Cold
Cherophobia Cheerfulness
Chionophobia Snow
Cholerophobia Cholera
Chromatophobia Colour
Chrometophobia Money
Chromophobia Colour
Chronophobia Duration
Claustrophobia Enclosed spaces
Clinophobia Going to bed
Cnidophobia Stings
Coitophobia Sexual intercourse
Coprophobia Faeces
Cremnophobia Precipices
Cryophobia Ice, frost
Crystallophobia Crystals, glass
Cypridophobia Venereal disease
Cymophobia Sea swell
Cynophobia Dogs
Demonophobia Demons
Demophobia Crowds
Dendrophobia Trees
Dermatophobia Skin
Dermatosiophobia Skin diseases
Dikephobia Justice
Dipsophobia Drinking
Domatophobia Home
Doraphobia Fur
Dromophobia Crossing streets
Dysmorphophobia Deformity
Ecclesiaphobia Churches
Ecophobia Home surroundings
Eisoptrophobia Mirrors
Electrophobia Electricity
Eleuterophobia Freedom
Emetophobia Vomiting
Enetephobia Pins
Entomophobia Insects
Eosophobia Dawn
Eremitophobia Solitude
Eremophobia Solitude, stillness
Ereuthophobia Blushing
Ergasiophobia Surgical operations, work
Ergophobia Work
Erotophobia Physical Love
Eyrythrophobia Blushing
Frigophobia Cold
Gallophobia France or things French
Gamophobia Marriage
Gatophobia Cats
Genophobia Sex
Genuphobia Knees
Gephyrophobia Crossing a bridge
Germanophobia Germany or things German
Geumatophobia Taste
Graphophobia Writing
Gymnophobia Nudity
Gynophobia Women
Hadephobia Hell
Haematophobia Blood
Halaphobia Speaking
Haphephobia Touching or being touched
Haptophobia Touch
Harpaxophobia Robbers
Hedonophobia Pleasure
Heilophobia Sun
Helminthophobia Worms
Hierophobia Sacred things
Hippophobia Horses
Hodophobia Travel
Homichlophobia Fog
Hormephobia Shock
Hyalinopygophobia Glass bottoms
Hydrophobia Water (Rabies)
Hygrophobia Dampness moisture
Hypegiaphobia Responsibility
Hypnophobia Sleep
Hypsophobia High places
Ichthyophobia Fish
Ideophobia Ideas
Iophobia Rust
Krkorraphiaphobia Failure
Katagelophobia Ridicule
Kenophobia Void
Keraunophobia Thunder
Keraunothnetophobia Fall of man-made satellites.
Kinesophobia Motion
Kinetophobia Motion
Kleptophobia Stealing
Koniphobia Dust
Kopophobia Fatigue
Kyphophobia Stooping
Lalophobia Speech
Leprophobia Leprosy
Limnophobia Lakes
Linonophobia String
Logophobia Words
Lyssophobia Insanity
Maieusiophobia Pregnancy
Maniaphobia Insanity
Mastigophobia Flogging
Machanophobia Machinery
Melissophobia Bees
Merinthophobia Being bound
Metallophobia Metal
Meteorophobia Meteors
Microphobia Bacteria
Monophobia One thing, being alone
Musicophobia Music
Musophobia Mice
Mysophobia Dirt, infection
Mythophobia Making false statements
Myxophobia Slime
Necrophobia Death, corpse
Negrophobia Negroes
Nelophobia Glass
Neophobia New
Nephophobia Clouds
Nomatophobia Names
Nosemaphobia Illness
Nosophobia Disease
Nyctophobia Darkness, night
Ochlophobia Crowds
Ochophobia Vehicles
Odontophobia Teeth
Odynophobia Pain
Oikophobia Home
Olfactophobia Smell
Ombrophobia Rain
Ommatophobia Eyes
Oneirophobia Dreams
Onomatophobia Certain names
Ophidiophobia Snakes
Ophiophobia Snakes
Ornithophobia Birds
Osmophobia Odours
Osphresiophobia Odours (body)
Ouranophobia Heaven
Paediphobia Children
Pantophobia Everything
Paralipophobia Neglect of duty
Parasitophobia Parasites
Parthenophobia Young Girls
Pathophobia Disease
Patroiophobia Heredity
Peccatophobia Sinning
Pediculophobia Lice
Pediophobia Dolls
Peniaphobia Poverty
Phagophobia Eating
Phasmophobia Ghosts
Pharmacophobia Drugs
Phengophobia Daylight
Phobophobia Fears
Phobophobia Speaking aloud, noise
Photophobia Strong light
Phronemophobia Thinking
Phthisiophobia Tuberculosis
Phyllophobia Leaves
Pnigerophobia Smothering, choking
Pogonophobia Beards
Poinephobia Punishment
Polyphobia Many things
Ponophobia Fatigue
Potamophobia Rivers
Potophobia Drink, alcohol
Psychophobia Mind
Psychrophobia Cold
Pteronophobia Feathers
Pryophobia Fire
Rhabdophobia Being beaten
Russophobia Russia or things Russian
Rypophobia Soiling
Satanophobia Satan
Scabiophobia Itching
Scholionophobia School
Sciophobia Shadows
Scopophobia Being looked at
Selaphobia Flashes
Siderodromophobia Travelling by train
Siderophobia Stars
Sinophobia China or things Chinese
Sitophobia Food
Spermatophobia Semen
Spermophobia Germs
Spheksophobia Wasps
Stasiphobia Standing up
Stasophobia Standing
Stygiophobia Hell
Syphilophobia Syphilis
Tachophobia Speed
Taphophobia Buried alive, grave
Teratophobia Monsters, monstrosities
Terdekaphobia Number 13
Thaasophobia Sitting idle
Thalassophobia Sea
Thanatophobia Death
Theophobia God
Thermophobia Heat
Thixophobia Touching
Tocophobia Childbirth
Topophobia Places
Toxiphobia Poison
Traumatophobia Wounds, injury
Tremophobia Trembling
Triskaidekaphobia Number 13
Trypanophobia Inoculations, injections
Xenophobia Foreigners
Zelophobia Jealousy
Zenophobia Foreigners
Zoophobia Animals
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| 470.39 | A phobia for the times | WOOK::LEE | Wook... Like 'Book' with a 'W' | Wed Aug 08 1990 22:51 | 3 |
| Iraqnophobia Sadam Hussein
I didn't make it up.
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| 470.40 | | BOOKIE::DAVEY | | Wed Aug 08 1990 23:11 | 6 |
| >Iraqnophobia Sadam Hussein
A fear of Kuwait-legged creatures???
(sorry)
John
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| 470.41 | | MACNAS::DKEATING | I couldn't give a Crying Gazza! | Thu Aug 09 1990 18:49 | 1 |
| Is a Kuwaiti somebody who can't pass a queue?
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| 470.42 | | HDLITE::LIBKIND | | Fri Aug 10 1990 00:19 | 1 |
| No it would be QUEUEwaities.
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| 470.43 | | TKOV51::DIAMOND | This note is illegal tender. | Fri Aug 10 1990 04:32 | 1 |
| A Qwaiti is someone who can't pass a P 'cause he's stuck in the Q.
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