35 Unusual, Funny and Interesting Phobias!
September 28th, 2009
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Hey,
Phobia: An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety of something particular.
Unlike a dislike or normal fear a phobia is a deep intense fear of something in particular. I have to admit that I’m amazed at the strange range of phobias.
- Allodoxaphobia: Fear of opinions.
- Anglophobia: Fear of England or English culture, etc.
- Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
- Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection.
- Barophobia: Fear of gravity.
- Blennophobia: Fear of slime.
- Bogyphobia: Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
- Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia: Fear of body smells.
- Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness.
- Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women.
- Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns.
- Dementophobia: Fear of insanity.
- Dentophobia: Fear of dentists.
- Dikephobia: Fear of justice.
- Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church.
- Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers.
- Euphobia: Fear of hearing good news.
- Geniophobia: Fear of chins.
- Genuphobia: Fear of knees.
- Hedonophobia: Fear of feeling pleasure.
- Hellenologophobia: Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
- Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: Fear of the number 666.
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: Fear of long words.
- Lyssophobia: Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.
- Maniaphobia: Fear of insanity.
- Novercaphobia: Fear of your step-mother.
- Omphalophobia: Fear of belly buttons.
- Optophobia: Fear of opening one’s eyes.
- Phagophobia: Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
- Pteronophobia: Fear of being tickled by feathers.
- Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women.
- Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
- Zemmiphobia: Fear of the great mole rat.
Do you know of any interesting, odd or funny phobias? Drop us a comment!
Euphobia: Fear of hearing good news.
Copyright (C) Daniel Johnson 2009