Genuphobia-fear of knees
Pogonophobia-fear of beards
Keraunothnetophobia-fear of falling man-made satellites
Achluophobia-fear of nightfall
Phengophobia-fear of daylight (vampire?)
Ablutophobia-fear of washing or bathing
Chionophobia-fear of snow
Ophidiophobia-fear of snakes
Chaetophobia-fear of hair
As you know, a phobia is an irrational anxiety or fear, which interfere with the way we lead our lives.
The first few on this list came from David Sedaris's book, Me Talk Pretty One Day. The others are from The Phobia List, which is quite extensive.
[Image from I Love India]
I've come across quite a few of these in "my" dictionary, I'll check the phobia list and see if we've got them all!
Posted by: Scholiast | December 03, 2006 at 05:17 PM