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13 Jan 2006, 9:47 pm

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Monopathophobia

May I ask which disease? You don't have to say if you don't wish.


Mainly the big "C"

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Of course we all should have... Zemmiphobia 8O
The great mole rat is our friend! Clowns, bad. Mole rats, good!


Especially naked ones....

dang couldn't find "Fear of sounding like your mother"


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13 Jan 2006, 11:52 pm

CLOISTERPHOBIA


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14 Jan 2006, 12:01 am

Sarcastic_Name wrote:
CLOISTERPHOBIA


Fear of nuns?



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14 Jan 2006, 10:12 am

Someone should make "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" into an email address and see how many emails actually get sent to them. It is such a cool word, but so harsh to those who suffer from it 8O



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14 Jan 2006, 11:22 am

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Someone should make "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" into an email address and see how many emails actually get sent to them. It is such a cool word, but so harsh to those who suffer from it 8O


I'm naming my first child Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, I think. "Dale" for short.



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14 Jan 2006, 1:11 pm

Serissa wrote:
Astarael wrote:
Someone should make "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" into an email address and see how many emails actually get sent to them. It is such a cool word, but so harsh to those who suffer from it 8O


I'm naming my first child Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, I think. "Dale" for short.


Actually I think it was sesquipedaliophobia originally. A "sesquipedalian" means simply a long, polysyllabic word. I don't know why they had to add "hippopotomonstro-" to it. "Monstro" may come from the Latin, "monstrum" that means monster. But "hippo" is greek for horse, and if they meant hippopotamus, then they've changed the a to an o in the "potamus" (river) for some reason I can't discern (maybe to join it to "monstro-", yet it should have been "potamo-" and not "poto-"...yes I am obsessing). Anyhow, go fig. :? It's probably a joke that caught on.



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14 Jan 2006, 7:03 pm

Cade wrote:
Sarcastic_Name wrote:
CLOISTERPHOBIA


Fear of nuns?

Yes, nuns freak me out!! ! 8O


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15 Jan 2006, 8:16 am

I fear where this thread is going... :wink:



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15 Jan 2006, 10:35 am

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I fear where this thread is going... :wink:


But you're still here. Do you have counterphobia?



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16 Jan 2006, 11:04 pm

Serissa wrote:
mjs82 wrote:
I fear where this thread is going... :wink:


But you're still here. Do you have counterphobia?


Indeed I do, it should go to explain *some* of my actions on this site to a small degree :wink:



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17 Jan 2006, 9:49 pm

I have also Ringophobia. I have a phobia of the movie, The Ring. Totally not joking. But for some reason, I couldn't seem to find that one in either of the dictionaries... :?


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17 Jan 2006, 9:53 pm

Arachnophobia. My phobia.