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ryne661
10-18-2006, 09:42 AM
This was on msn.com. I thought I'd post it cause some are pretty funny. They're all real.

Papaphobia—fear of the pope.

Scorodophobia—fear of garlic.

Pteronophobia—fear of being tickled with feathers.

Ranidaphobia—fear of frogs.

Philematophobia—fear of kissing.

Aulophobia—fear of flutes.

Ostraconophobia—fear of shellfish.

Graphophobia—fear of handwriting.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia—fear of long words (seriously!).

Blennophobia—fear of slime.

Gerontophobia—fear of old people.

Peladophobia—fear of bald people.

Geropeladophobia—fear of old, bald people.

Phobophobia—fear of developing a fear.

donkey720
01-18-2007, 04:22 PM
here are a few more from phobialist.com

Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.

PunkShow354
05-06-2007, 03:56 PM
gasp! so many phobias an strange names

jakeass22
05-11-2007, 08:46 PM
yes, really strange names can we make phobias up