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Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Emperoradrian(m): 5:42pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
What about CALLIGYNAPHOBIA.....fear of beautiful women... |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Xyge(m): 5:48pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
kibo:now the 'extreme' form of this kinda phobia is called, Baba-God-abeg-no-let-my-MB-finish-o-phobia.. 'DECA-syllabic' (in this context... Longest syllable in a word, so far. *takes a bow*) *permit my prefix*.. Now this kinda phobia is complemented by the chewing action of the nails in fear.. |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by ewizard1: 6:53pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
ideo:Then I guess God wrote the Dictionary. The bible contained 99% English words which can be found in the Dictionary. Can you explain why the bible was written with words from a Dictionary. Thanks |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by talima(m): 7:17pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Greyworld: Phobia is simply the irrational fear an individual express towards certain things. This high and prolong fear is regarded as a mental disorder in clinical psychiatry. Besides the commonly know phobias like fear of animals, insect, water, height, confinement etc, there are some strange ones which could be considered funny but people actually have them.op, ur washing my head with hypo |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Joshkeyz(m): 7:31pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Greyworld: Phobia is simply the irrational fear an individual express towards certain things. This high and prolong fear is regarded as a mental disorder in clinical psychiatry. Besides the commonly know phobias like fear of animals, insect, water, height, confinement etc, there are some strange ones which could be considered funny but people actually have them......haba.fear of number 13 ke.that pesin no crious 1 Like |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by mosho2good: 8:08pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
A- Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness. Agateophobia- Fear of insanity. Agliophobia- Fear of pain. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place. Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse. Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals. Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street. Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. 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. Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity. Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia) Apiphobia- Fear of bees. Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations. Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders. Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers. Arrhenphobia- Fear of men. Arsonphobia- Fear of fire. Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness. Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia) Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space. Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things. Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination) Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness. Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection. Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins. Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting. Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions. Atychiphobia- Fear of failure. Aulophobia- Fear of flutes. Aurophobia- Fear of gold. Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights. Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor. Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being. Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty. Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself. Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying. B- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Bacillophobia- Fear of microbes. Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria. Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets. Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks. Barophobia- Fear of gravity. Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling. Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes. Bathophobia- Fear of depth. Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia) Bibliophobia- Fear of books. Blennophobia- Fear of slime. Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. Botanophobia- Fear of plants. Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells. Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning. Bufonophobia- Fear of toads. Search C- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness. Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty. Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women. Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer. Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart. Carnophobia- Fear of meat. Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed. Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places. Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting. Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors. Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas. Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia) Chaetophobia- Fear of hair. Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold. (Frigophobia, Psychophobia) Chemophobia- Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety. Chionophobia- Fear of snow. Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched. Chirophobia- Fear of hands. Chiroptophobia- Fear of bats. Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. Chorophobia- Fear of dancing. Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money. Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors. Chronophobia- Fear of time. Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks. Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia) Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces. Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place. Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing. Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs. Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed. Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed. Cnidophobia- Fear of stings. Cometophobia- Fear of comets. Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries. Coitophobia- Fear of coitus. Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse. Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation. Coprophobia- Fear of feces. Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks. Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns. Counterphobia- The preference by a phobic for fearful situations. Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices. Cryophobia- Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost. Crystallophobia- Fear of crystals or glass. Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer. Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles. Cymophobia or Kymophobia- Fear of waves or wave like motions. Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies. Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia or Cyprianophobia or Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease. D- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions. Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements. Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations. Dementophobia- Fear of insanity. Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons. Demophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia) Dendrophobia- Fear of trees. Dentophobia- Fear of dentists. Dermatophobia- Fear of skin lesions. Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia- Fear of skin disease. Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body. Diabetophobia- Fear of diabetes. Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school. Dikephobia- Fear of justice. Dinophobia- Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. Diplophobia- Fear of double vision. Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking. Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone. Disposophobia- Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding. Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house. (Eicophobia, Oikophobia) Doraphobia- Fear of fur or skins of animals. Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise. Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets. Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch. Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity. Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents. E- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church. Ecophobia- Fear of home. Eicophobia- Fear of home surroundings. (Domatophobia, Oikophobia) Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror. Electrophobia- Fear of electricity. Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom. Elurophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia) Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting. Enetophobia- Fear of pins. Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds. Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism. Entomophobia- Fear of insects. Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight. Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers. Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds. Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge. Equinophobia- Fear of horses. Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness. Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing. Ergasiophobia- 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating. Ergophobia- Fear of work. Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions. Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news. Eurotophobia- Fear of female Instruments. Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia- 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red. F- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever. Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia) Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia) Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things. (Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia) G- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Galeophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats. Gallophobia or Galiophobia- Fear France or French culture. (Francophobia) Gamophobia- Fear of marriage. Geliophobia- Fear of laughter. Gelotophobia- Fear of being laughed at. Geniophobia- Fear of chins. Genophobia- Fear of sex. Genuphobia- Fear of knees. Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges. Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture. Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old. Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old. Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste. Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge. Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting. Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity. Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women. H- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Top Hadephobia- Fear of hell. Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things. Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning. Haphephobia or Haptephobia- Fear of being touched. Harpaxophobia- Fear of being robbed. Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure. Heliophobia- Fear of the sun. Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms. Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood. Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia- Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation. Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things. Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia) Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666. Hierophobia- Fear of priests or sacred things. Hippophobia- Fear of horses. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words. Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars. Hodophobia- Fear of road travel. Hormephobia- Fear of shock. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Greyworld: 8:53pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Joshkeyz: .....haba.fear of number 13 ke.that pesin no crious abi? Was stil tinkin wat cud be special wif d numba. |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by dnawah(m): 9:06pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Jhosh: D fear of bathing with cold water be my own.Wetin b d name?frigophobia,the dear of cold |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Nobody: 9:40pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
U are a liarer |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Nobody: 9:41pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Why do u kill lie dis way |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Lolaabokoku(f): 10:57pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Jhosh: D fear of bathing with cold water be my own.Wetin b d name?. Coldwaterphobia |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by kelechiMarie(f): 11:19pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
jericco1:strange phobias strange world |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by layez: 1:52am On Jul 13, 2014 |
Panophobia---- fear of Everything |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Motolank: 2:31am On Jul 13, 2014 |
I am phobia sleeping beside an opposite sex |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by ewizard1: 6:07am On Jul 13, 2014 |
[size=18pt]Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - The fear of 666[/size] Now Imagine this... Someone just sat down... Decided to invent words and the whole world believes it! ** According to Wikipedia ** Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (derived from Ancient Greek roots ἑξακόσιοι [hexakósioi, "six hundred"], ἑξήκοντα [hexékonta, "sixty"], and ἕξ [héx, "six"]; literally meaning "fear of [the number] six hundred sixty-six" is the fear[3] that originated from the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18, which indicates that the number 666 is the Number of the Beast and the number of his name, linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ.[4] Question... |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by faksy(m): 9:45am On Jul 13, 2014 |
The fear of bokn haram nko? |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Nobody: 10:14am On Jul 13, 2014 |
I'm a muslim. Do I scare you? OgologoDimkpa: What of Islamaphobia - The fear of any Moslem around you I have a phobia for rats. Snakes I can chase with caution, but rats...I run outta there like Bolt is after me with a cane! YeaYeaNot |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by DICKtator: 12:42pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
youngice: [b] gay niggas suffer from totophobia |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by sladimeji(m): 2:31pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
[quote author=kibo]What of the fear of credit or MB finishing ?[/i think kilophobia or megaphobia] |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Nobody: 2:39pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
What about the fear of menstrual cramps |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by dude99(m): 3:08pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
kibo: What of the fear of credit or MB finishing ?M.B.ENDOPHOBIA! |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Cheeun(f): 6:55pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
LMAO @ Nairalandchopmycreditophobia. Una no go kill person here o |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Cheeun(f): 6:58pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
[quote author=olukenzo] Ah! That one na badtmenstralophobia o i fear am die |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Cheeun(f): 7:11pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
[quote author=Jamean]What is the fear of being in a wrong relationship and the fear of hot things? @ hot things, @r/ship, comotkiakialophobia i think 1 Like |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by SenatorJames(m): 11:30pm On Jul 13, 2014 |
youngice: [b] gay niggas suffer from totophobiaCan you please give examples of country that practise each of these form of government. If its really true, it beat my years of experience as an ECONOMIST. |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by LajaLaba: 12:34am On Jul 14, 2014 |
Guess i'm suffering from Gamophobia!!!!! |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by roman001: 7:46pm On Aug 01, 2014 |
kibo: What of the fear of credit or MB finishing ?megamustnotfinishphobia |
Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Ralph30: 4:50pm On Feb 23, 2015 |
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Re: 10 Uncommon Phobias People Have. by Nonor(m): 3:02pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Am actually Claustrophobic. I never got to know until my uncle told me. blizard44: |
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