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I was browsing around English dictionary online, when I found the word "phobia". I was wondering how many different types of phobia are there? Thanks God of Google!! I found this.. http://www.phobialist.com/reverse.html . It's the list of all kind of phobia from A-Z.

for exp :

13, number- Triskadekaphobia.

666, number- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

8, number- Octophobia.

A-

Abuse: sexual- Contreltophobia.

Accidents- Dystychiphobia.

Air- Anemophobia.

Air swallowing- Aerophobia.

Airborne noxious substances- Aerophobia.

Airsickness- Aeronausiphobia.

Alcohol- Methyphobia or Potophobia.

Alone, being- Autophobia or Monophobia.

Alone, being or solitude- Isolophobia.

Amnesia- Amnesiphobia.

Anger- Angrophobia or Cholerophobia.

Angina- Anginophobia.

Animals- Zoophobia.

Animals, skins of or fur- Doraphobia.

Animals, wild- Agrizoophobia.

Ants- Myrmecophobia.

Anything new- Neophobia.

Asymmetrical things- Asymmetriphobia

Atomic Explosions- Atomosophobia.

Automobile, being in a moving- Ochophobia.

Automobiles- Motorphobia.

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and some funny phobia for exp.

"Bald people- Peladophobia" fear of bald people!! :lol:

"Dancing- Chorophobia." fear of dancing :eh: :lol:

Question : Which English words are funny to you?

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Air swallowing- Aerophobia.

Oh i bet that's a toughie

A good friend of mine is allergic to his own sweat (amongst other things)...and he does run marathons. :shock: :sweatdrop: :eh:

That's one tough life. :lol:

I must admit, I can't pronounce this "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia ", can you?

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Air swallowing- Aerophobia.

Oh i bet that's a toughie

A good friend of mine is allergic to his own sweat (amongst other things)...and he does run marathons. :shock: :sweatdrop: :eh:

I trust he does not live in the tropics? Exactly was is the result of the allergic reaction, does he break out in an all body rash?

Must be a bummer during and after sex. Imagine having to expalin to your new sex partner, 'just to warn you when I sweat during a bonk I break out in hives'.

Now that would be a unique way to break the ice with someone. :shock:

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Since P'Nicky mentioned phobia.... I read many years ago about the longest word in the dictionary and it's one of the name of phobias.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Check out the definition below. How ironic!

Main Entry: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Part of Speech: n

Definition: fear of long words

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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Since P'Nicky mentioned phobia.... I read many years ago about the longest word in the dictionary and it's one of the name of phobias.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Check out the definition below. How ironic!

not quite the longest.

there is

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis which is a long winded technical way to say silicosis.

and there is one ludicrous technical/chemical term for titin, the largest protein, which has 189,819 letters, but does not appear in any dictionary (would need some chapters just for it)

some more phobias;

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

Neophobia- Fear of anything new

Ithyphallophobia ? Fear of Erections

Pteronophobia ? Fear of being Tickled by Feathers

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Ithyphallophobia ? Fear of Erections

Ithyphallophobia could be a new username for you, Iain.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

em...why Panda??

I was just trying to be funny! :cry:

well don't!!!!

I might develop pandoreamoderatoriuswafflephobia

:lol:

Don't forget to list it on encyclopedia under the fiction section.

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