Phobia of the Day

[SoupIsGood]

Um, Chionophobia is the unrational fear of snow... I probably should have mentioned that.

I found a whole listing of an unbelieveable number of phobias. I'm going to post one every day and probably develop at least a couple of them myself.

Haha, I saw that list once! Some amazingly funny phobias!

There was one "fear of the japanese," I always tease with my friend Yuki bout that one

 

[VF21]

Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.

 

[VF21]

Oops. I forgot yesterday. It's probably because I went through the produce section of the grocery store and was still shaken up when I got home. I have mentioned that I suffer from Lachanophobia (fear of vegetables), right?

 

[hoopsfan]

I have mentioned that I suffer from Lachanophobia (fear of vegetables), right?

Funny..I have that same problem. I don't eat them.

 

[loopymitch]

You guys would make lousy vegetarians
hoopsy-potatoes are vegetables you know?

 

[VF21]

And to go along with the lachanophobia, we have alektorophobia, the fear of chickens. (Although, in all actuality, I think this refers to actual living, breathing, pecking chickens and not the kind that just hang out in the bucket waiting for you to grab them and eat them.)

 

[GoGoGadget]

I'm afraid of KFC, does that count?

 

[VF21]

Depends on whether or not you believe what they serve is actually chicken.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Depends on whether or not you believe what they serve is actually chicken.

Therein lies the fear.

 

[Lightforms]

Do most people that hang out around here have ergophobia?

 

[VF21]

I think it's more ergo-avoidance technique than actual fear.

 

[BigWaxer]

Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.

lol were do you get all these? It cracks me up...

Fear of....... New 1+ thread who wants to create it

 

[VF21]

I'm guessing these people who suffer from this phobia do not like lemons... or bananas...

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

I have to confess to having the urge to sneak up behind a xanthophobe, banana in one hand and lemon in the other, and yelling "YELLOW!!!"

...

Hey, I live alone. Sometimes you just have to find things to amuse yourself.

 

[coolhandluke]

I'm guessing these people who suffer from this phobia do not like lemons... or bananas...

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

I have to confess to having the urge to sneak up behind a xanthophobe, banana in one hand and lemon in the other, and yelling "YELLOW!!!"

...

Hey, I live alone. Sometimes you just have to find things to amuse yourself.

I think we know why you live alone now.

 

[coolhandluke]

Today's phobia:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words

Well, if you suffer from this phobia, it's too bad that (1) you had to read this post and (2) you cannot tell people the name of your phobia!

 

[VF21]

Thanks, luke!

And the make-up phobia for yesterday:

Aulophobia- Fear of flutes. I picture someone sitting in a nice loge seat,listening to an orchestra when, all of a sudden, the flute begins to play and the person stands up and yells, "Oh my God! It's a flute! Run for your lives!" and runs screaming for the exit...

 

[VF21]

And today, in honor of hoopsfan's birthday (and her trip to LA to visit family and attend a Lakers game so she can consume garlic fries among her homies), I certainly hope none of her friends suffer from alliumphobia, the fear of garlic.

 

[hoopsfan]

If they suffer from that phobia, VF, they're not my friends!!

(my "homies"....) That made me laugh!

 

[VF21]

Today's phobia just struck me as ...well, weird.

Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.

(Note to hoopsfan: yum, garlic!)

 

[VF21]

If you're planning a nice dinner party, make sure none of your guests suffer from Sitophobia or Sitiophobia, the fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)

 

[D-Mass]

If you're planning a nice dinner party, make sure none of your guests suffer from Sitophobia or Sitiophobia, the fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)

Boy, that's one you'd think would have been weeded out of our population long ago...

 

[kingkung]

I don't understand why all phobias have to have a foreign name attached to them. Did all of these ridiculous words really come from foreign countries? Did someone from a foreign country really make a word for a fear of flutes?

If not, then why is it "Aulophobia" and not "Flute-ophobia", or, if you want to choose a foreign language, "Flautophobia"?

 

[VF21]

The word phobos is Greek for "fear." Most medical terminology is in either Greek or Latin.

 

[D-Mass]

Most medical terminology is in either Greek or Latin.

...and most scientific language in general. Greek and Latin are the universal languages of science, and many of the world's languages are derived from them. Flutophobia might mean something in English-speaking countries, but not to most of the rest of the world. It provides a nice standard for everyone to go by.

 

[kingkung]

...and most scientific language in general. Greek and Latin are the universal languages of science, and many of the world's languages are derived from them. Flutophobia might mean something in English-speaking countries, but not to most of the rest of the world. It provides a nice standard for everyone to go by.

That makes sense, I just can't believe the Greeks came up with so many useless words.

I wonder, when people start developing fears of modern technology, we'll start seeing email-o-phobia or SPAM-o-phobia, etc.

 

[D-Mass]

SPAM-o-phobia, etc.

Would that be the fear of junk email or the fear of a canned, processed ham product popular in Hawaii?

 

[VF21]

Would that be the fear of junk email or the fear of a canned, processed ham product popular in Hawaii?

It's also popular up here in the forest.

 

[VF21]

I saw the sun today! It was beautiful and gorgeous. Then some clouds appeared. I fear that I may be developing Ombrophobia, the fear of rain or of being rained on.

And then it dawned me that I could be exhibiting symptoms of Phobophobia.

This could get complicated.

 

[VF21]

For yesterday, anyone who had the last week of from studies because of Easter vacation or spring break might be starting to suffer symptoms of Scolionophobia, the fear of school.

 

[VF21]

And for today, we have a pretty interesting one:

Walloonphobia, the fear of the Walloons.

What are the Walloons? Glad you asked...

Walloons - group of people living in S Belgium who traditionally spoke a dialect of French called Walloon, but who today for the most part speak standard French.

The Walloons, numbering some 3.5 million, reside mostly in the provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Namur, Luxembourg, and Walloon Brabant, in contrast to the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the northern provinces. The movement for reviving Walloon literature centered in Liège in the 19th cent.; today the language is considered moribund.

The periodical Wallonie had considerable influence. Since medieval times the economic and social background of the Walloons has differed radically from that of the Flemings, and the cleavage became even more pronounced with the Industrial Revolution.

The Walloon part of Belgium contains major mining areas and heavy industries, while the Flemings engage mainly in agriculture, manufacturing (particularly textiles), and shipping.

Tension between Walloons and Flemings has long been a critical political issue. In 1970 a plan was approved that recognized the cultural autonomy of Belgium’s three national communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north, the French-speaking Walloons of the south, and bilingual Brussels.

The name Walloons was also applied to Huguenot refugees in America by the Dutch, who made no distinction between French and Walloon Protestants.

http://www.bartleby.com/65/wa/Walloons.html
(The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2001-2005)