Odd Phobias
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Holy cow. As I had guessed, there is an actual term used to describe the fear of Christmas trees. It's called Christougenniatiko dentrophobia.
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What do you suppose the term would be to describe a fear of Christmas trees? I've got nothing. Any ideas?
Piceaphobia. It sounds all scientificky.
Jeremy Falcon
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Piceaphobia. It sounds all scientificky.
Jeremy Falcon
I think Piceaphobia sounds more like a fear of fish.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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How many different phobias are recognized by the APA[^]? I know it's a lot, but I don't know the actual number. In terms of unrecognized phobias, there must be billions. If you ever get the chance, take a look at a list of phobias. Some of them are funny. Take any person, place, or thing, translate it into a Latin term, and append "phobia" to it. Whatever it is, I bet it exists. Google it and see what you get. I was just reading through a list of phobias. Here are a few rather interesting ones: Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors. Are people who suffer from this phobia still afraid of mirrors in the dark? Wouldn't that just be something like photophobia? I'm guessing that the term exists, but I don't know. It would be the fear of light. Could you imagine the horror of seeing a disco ball? I bet there's even a phobia specific to disco balls. I don't think the word "disco" has a Latin translation. Ancient Rome probably didn't have many nightclubs. Here's a good one. Its meaning is obvious. Cyberphobia is the fear of computers. Do we have any members who suffer from cyberphobia, here? I wonder if any men suffer from Lockiophobia. It's the fear of childbirth. Megalophobia is an odd one. It's the fear of large things. WTF is that all about? Size is entirely relative. If you're someone who suffers from that, you're probably just insane. As a small child, I had a mild phobia of forklifts. It's called Forkliftophobia. I know there's no Latin term for forklift, but what genius came up with that term? Uh, oh. This is a scary one. Octophobia. It's the fear of the number 8. That's almost as terrifying as a moving forklift! Oh, no. I think I'm having a panic attack. I gotta get some fresh air.
Ah, I think I've found a phobia that has no term! When I was in kindergarten, I had a fear of dog food. Yes, dog food itself was what frightened me. I think I may have had a transient fear of dogs themselves, but it's the dog food that I remember being afraid of. As to why? I have no explanation. OK, so we need to think up a term for this phobia. I can't find anything using Google. Not even close to it. I'm thinking of the term "cibus", which is Latin for the word food is a good fit. The term "canis" is Latin for the word, dog. Let's see. How about Caniscibusophobia? Yeah, I like that one. I can now say that I am a proud survivor of caniscibusophobia. :cool:
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Steve Raw wrote:
Megalophobia is an odd one. It's the fear of large things. WTF is that all about? Size is entirely relative. If you're someone who suffers from that, you're probably just insane.
No, it's real, and the voices in my head hold a regular vote on our sanity (majority passes so far). When I was little, being around large things like electrical towers and tall bridges was terrifying. We visited Natural Bridge State Park[^] and it was all I could do to walk across the middle, staring down at my feet. I think it might be related to acrophobia (fear of heights). Neither of them are debilitating for me now. In my case calling them a phobia probably isn't valid from a clinical point of view.
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I think Piceaphobia sounds more like a fear of fish.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
That would be ichthyophobia, but I understand how you got there from Pisces. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Piceaphobia. It sounds all scientificky.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Piceaphobia.
That's a fear of trees, but the term for fearing Christmas trees is comprised of the two most f***ed up "words" I have ever seen. Get this - it's Christougenniatiko dentrophobia :wtf: It's as though someone was banging their head on their keyboard to come up with such a term.
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How many different phobias are recognized by the APA[^]? I know it's a lot, but I don't know the actual number. In terms of unrecognized phobias, there must be billions. If you ever get the chance, take a look at a list of phobias. Some of them are funny. Take any person, place, or thing, translate it into a Latin term, and append "phobia" to it. Whatever it is, I bet it exists. Google it and see what you get. I was just reading through a list of phobias. Here are a few rather interesting ones: Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors. Are people who suffer from this phobia still afraid of mirrors in the dark? Wouldn't that just be something like photophobia? I'm guessing that the term exists, but I don't know. It would be the fear of light. Could you imagine the horror of seeing a disco ball? I bet there's even a phobia specific to disco balls. I don't think the word "disco" has a Latin translation. Ancient Rome probably didn't have many nightclubs. Here's a good one. Its meaning is obvious. Cyberphobia is the fear of computers. Do we have any members who suffer from cyberphobia, here? I wonder if any men suffer from Lockiophobia. It's the fear of childbirth. Megalophobia is an odd one. It's the fear of large things. WTF is that all about? Size is entirely relative. If you're someone who suffers from that, you're probably just insane. As a small child, I had a mild phobia of forklifts. It's called Forkliftophobia. I know there's no Latin term for forklift, but what genius came up with that term? Uh, oh. This is a scary one. Octophobia. It's the fear of the number 8. That's almost as terrifying as a moving forklift! Oh, no. I think I'm having a panic attack. I gotta get some fresh air.
i suffer from CodeProjectoddLoungediscussionphobia .
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i suffer from CodeProjectoddLoungediscussionphobia .
BernardIE5317 wrote:
CodeProjectoddLoungediscussionphobia
No, you don't. To be a valid phobia it must be described in pig Latin or Greek. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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[Go to Parent] Octophobia sounds like a Discworld thing
Sounds like an Octopus thing. Octaphobia sounds like a Discworld thing.
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BernardIE5317 wrote:
CodeProjectoddLoungediscussionphobia
No, you don't. To be a valid phobia it must be described in pig Latin or Greek. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
i stand corrected i suffer from Κώδικαςέργοπαράξενοςαίθουσααναμονήςσυζήτησηφοβία .
