Friday, March 02, 2007

what's your phobia?

Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.

Allodoxaphobia: Fear of opinions.

Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single.

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

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

Bogyphobia: Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.

Bromidrophobia: Fear of body smells.

Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness.

Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women.

Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns.

Deipnophobia: Fear of dining or dinner conversations.

Dextrophobia: Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.

Geniophobia: Fear of chins.

Gerontophobia: Fear of old people or of growing old.

Haptephobia: Fear of being touched.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fear of long words.

Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish.

Illyngophobia: Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.

Ithyphallophobia: Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Kathisophobia: Fear of sitting down.

Lachanophobia: Fear of vegetables.

Macrophobia: Fear of long waits.

Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking.

Monophobia: Fear of solitude or being alone.

Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things.

Octophobia: Fear of the figure 8.

Odontophobia: Fear of teeth or dental surgery.

Panophobia: Fear of everything.

Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins or young girls.

Philematophobia: Fear of kissing.

Philophobia: Fear of falling in love or being in love.

Pogonophobia: Fear of beards.

Rhytiphobia: Fear of getting wrinkles.

Taphophobia: Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.

Trichophobia: Fear of hair.

Urophobia: Fear of urine or urinating.

Vestiphobia: Fear of clothing.

Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

Zelophobia: Fear of jealousy.

Zemmiphobia: Fear of the great mole rat.