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Monday, December 03, 2007

So Many Things to be Scared Of

So Little Time

What are you scared of? It is likely here.

Here is a short extract from C with some well known and not so well known.

Chionophobia- Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia- Fear of hands.
Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Caninophobia - fear of dogs!

BOOOO!

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Thank you . I now know that I have chrometophobia - so much more elegant-sounding than "I won't open the bank statement today".

Anonymous said...

conservatophobia - dread of talkback radio and Tony Abbott

c$%tophobia - dread of Tony Abbott

colonophobia - see c$%tophobia

James Higham said...

Chionophobia- Fear of snow. I have chionomania.