The Top Ten Worst Phobias To Have
So it seems that if there are any ten phobias that you wouldn’t want to get, especially if you’re a man, they are the following:
10. Papaphobia: The Fear of the Pope
9. Xylophobia: The Fear of Wooden Objects
8. Hellenologophobia: The Fear of Complex Scientific Terms and Greek Terminology
7. Porphyrophobia: The Fear of the color “Purple”
6. Gymnophobia: The Fear of Nudity
5. Ostraconophobia: The Fear of Shellfish
4. Stasiphobia: The Fear of Walking
3. Pantiphobia: The Fear of Everything
2. Venustraphobia: The Fear of Beautiful Women
1. Eurotophobia: The Fear of Female Genitalia
I can’t believe some of these things really have names. Some place, somewhere, someone in the word creation department had a lot of time to waste.
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3 Responses to “The Top Ten Worst Phobias To Have”
Janissary on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
A concomitant condition of Phobia No. 1, Eurotophobia, is defined and discussed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata
Wikipedia is certainly much bolder than the dear old Britannica, isn’t it?
Which reminds me, MMM, I haven’t had to emasculate a Republican Neo-Con in months. No, not complaining–just curious. Where are they? Another failed species fallen victim to global warming?
Kate Smith on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
Even with all I know about color I had no idea that there was a phobia associated with the color purple! Now why would anyone be afraid of purple? Orange I can understand or even chartreuse…LOL…but purple? Who knew?
Hannah on Jan 10, 2008 | Reply
WTF?! The fear of purple and walking! Weird. I have a fear of sck btw