PhobiaList

[Shadow]

Pretty amusing website, lists of phobias

Some examples

Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.

Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.

Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Barophobia- Fear of gravity

Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

Personal favourite Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.

You try pronouncing that!!

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias

Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows. yay i'm in there too

Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.

 

[Shadow]

Might help if I include the URL :roll:

http://phobialist.com/

 

[Jesus]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?!?!?!!?!?!?urm I dont think that is really the real word for that phobia.

I agree, I don't think that one's a real word.

 

[Shadow]

Cough.....

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[Jesus]

If I might be a killjoy, the formally recognised word for the fear of long words is sesquippedaliophobia. The other is a bit of a contrivance and noone ever uses it for its meaning

 

[Mitch]

Alternative spellings

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (common misspelling, perhaps on purpose, to make the word even longer)

Hm who notices these things... oh wait me Shadow you spelt it wrong

 

[Shadow]

Alternative spellingshippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (common misspelling, perhaps on purpose, to make the word even longer)

Hm who notices these things... oh wait me Shadow you spelt it wrong

LOL! saaaad saaad person, haha, I quoted that off a website, you really think I could write that an only get ONE letter wrong?!?!?! :lol: