List of Strange/Interesting Phobias
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. (PEE-YOU!)
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. (I have this! I’ve been talking about it all week long!)
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. (I could understand this. There is no technical term for “bovine phobia,” other than bovine phobia.)
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking. (How do you get around if you live with ambulophobia?
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. (This one made me sad)
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. (And this one made me giggle!)
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being. (Yay! I have another to add to my list!)
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks. (Lots of giggles for this one.)
Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling. (Imagine having this one AND ambulophobia!)
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair. (I have this … but only of single strands of wet hair! I didn’t know there was an actual name for it!)
Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, Cyprianophobia, or Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease. (*snort*)
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body. (Very specific, there.)
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers. (I think everyone deals with this at one point in their life!)
Geniophobia- Fear of chins. (Hope they don’t watch late night TV!)
Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. (I had this in 8th grade for a term.)
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog. (Don’t move to Oregon!)
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish. (And why I won’t snorkel or scuba dive.)
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down. (ambulophobia, basophobia and this would make for a miserable life!)
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables. (Then I am an lachanophile!)
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth. (In my opinion, if you’re not the least bit lockiophobic then I worry about you.)
Medorthophobia- Fear of an erect penis. (Well …)
Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms. (They *are* gross.)
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother. (Cinderella, perhaps?)
Oenophobia- Fear of wines. (A rough fear, in my opinion.)
Opiophobia- Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients. (Talk about specific!)
Pygmachophobia- Fear of boxes or of being sealed in a box. (Nermel - Garfield’s cousin - probably had this after being shipped to Abu Dabai so many times)
Syphilophobia- Fear of syphilis. (Everyone, in my opinion, needs this!)
Ynotophobia- Fear of life not having been worth living. (Life is always worth living!)
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