Phunny Phobias
If you met someone who was afraid of paper or wax statues, wouldn't you tell them to stop being so ridiculous and get over it? Every Monday, Null editor Hayley hand-picks another bizarre phobia and tries to work out whether it's real or rubbish.
The list so far:
- Simantrophobia - the fear of church bells
- Nomophobia - the fear of being without your mobile phone
- Nucleomituphobia - the fear of nuclear weapons
- Bambakophobia - the fear of cotton wool
- Cardigan-phobia - the fear of cardigans
- Optophobia - the fear of opening your eyes
- Koniophobia - the fear of dust
- Melophobia - the fear of music
- Toursiphobia - the fear of pickles
- Linonophobia - the fear of string
- Pogonophobia - the fear of beards
- Aurophobia - the fear of gold
- Enetophobia - the fear of pins
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - the fear of long words
- Mxyophobia - the fear of slime
- Spacephobia - the fear of outer space
- Deipnobhobia - the fear of dinner parties
- Kreavgophobia - the fear of Scotch eggs
- Pluviophobia - the fear of being rained on
- Wiccaphobia - the fear of witches and witchcraft
- Hobophobia - the fear of bums and beggars
- Alektorophobia - the fear of chickens
- Heortophobia - the fear of holidays
- Cyberphobia - the fear of working on computers
- Zemmiphobia - the fear of the great mole rat
- Lachanophobia - the fear of vegetables
- Xanthophobia - the fear of the colour yellow
- Genuphobia - the fear of knees
- Hypengyophobia - the fear of responsibility
- Kathisophobia - the fear of sitting down
- Bathmophobia - the fear of steep slopes
- Odontophobia - the fear of dentists/teeth
- Megalophobia - the fear of large things
- Scriptophobia - the fear of writing in public
- Paraskavedekatriaphobia - the fear of Friday 13th
- Decidophobia - the fear of making decisions
- Meteorophobia - the fear of meteors
- Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns
- Symmetrophobia - the fear of symmetry
- Pentheraphobia - the fear of the mother-in-law
- Apeirophobia - the fear of infinity
- Philematophobia - the fear of kissing
- Panphobia - the fear of everything
- Arachibutyrophobia - the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
- English mustard
- Too many things being in one place
- Butterflies (Try www.ihatebutterflies.com Watch out for the photos - Ed)
- Buttons
- Cows (Boviphobia? Funny, not as common as you might think - Ed)
- Slugs (Limaxaphobia apparently. Not altogether irrational, I think - Ed)
- Water dripping from the roof (A specific form of pluviophobia? See above - Ed)
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