Fear of fear itself
My dear friend S came in today, and after talking about the monster thunderstorms we had on Saturday and Sunday (one of which caused a power surge that actually turned the sky green) he wanted me to look up what the fear of thunder was. It's either brontiphobia or tonitrophobia, depending on which source you use (and I suspect these may not all be OED approved). Here are a list of the ones that I really liked:
- Anuptaphobia - fear of staying single
- Atelophobia - fear of imperfection
- Enetophobia - fear of pins and needles
- Gamophobia - fear of marriage
- Iatrophobia - fear of doctors
- Kakorrhaphiophobia - fear of failure or defeat
- Linonophobia - fear of string
- Molysomophobia - fear of infection
And, of course, Phobophobia - fear of fear itself.
1 Comments:
I can't believe there is a name for the fear of string. Whatever next!
12:54 p.m.
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