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Strange (but funny) Phobias...

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By mraymo

Phobias are like opinions; everybody has at least one. I have three:

  • Boogers (any type of nasal/oral musus) - Blennophobia
  • June Bugs - Entophobia
  • Clowns - Coulrophobia

In that order, and each one has a story. Every day, people around the world deal with all sorts of strange and sometimes life-inhibiting phobias. The symptoms often include: anxiety, shortness of breath, increased heart rate, nausea, and so on. Below you will find a list of 50 different phobias in no particular order; some common, uncommon, and just downright funny. Which one belongs to you?




  1. Peladophobia - Fear of Bald People

  2. Pogonophobia - Fear of Beards

  3. Defecaloesiophobia - Fear of Bowel Movements

  4. Alliumphobia - Fear of Garlic

  5. Anablephobia Fear of Looking Up

  6. Eisoptrophobia - Fear of Mirrors or looking in a mirror

  7. Chrometophobia - Fear of Money

  8. Pentheraphobia - Fear of Mother-in-Law (probably more common than you'd think)

  9. Arithmophobia - Fear of Numbers

  10. Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking (...I think I know a few people with this)

  11. Cacophobia - Fear of Ugliness

  12. Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers

  13. Ergophobia - Fear of work

  14. Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single

  15. Cyberphobia - Fear of computers (I think my Dad has this)

  16. Dutchphobia - Fear of Dutch people

  17. Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers

  18. Gymnophobia - Fear of nudity

  19. Hobophobia - Fear of bums

  20. Kathisophobia - Fear of sitting down

  21. Leukophobia - Fear of the Color White

  22. Mnemophobia - Fear of Memories

  23. Novercaphobia - Fear of Step Mother (Not to be confused with Pentheraphobia)

  24. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8

  25. Rectophobia - Fear of rectal disease

  26. Somniphobia - Fear of Sleep

  27. Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words

  28. Symmetrophobia - Fear of Symmetry

  29. Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetrical things

  30. Xerophobia - Fear of dryness

  31. Euphobia - Fear of good news

  32. Dendrophobia - Fear of Trees

  33. Heliophobia - Fear of the Sun

  34. Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers

  35. Hydrophobia - Fear of Water

  36. Papyrophobia - Fear of Paper

  37. Consecotaleophobia - Fear of Chop Sticks

  38. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number "666"

  39. Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting

  40. Osmophobia - Fear of Smells

  41. Tetraphobia - Fear of the number 4

  42. Acerophobia - Fear of Sourness

  43. Agyrophobia - Fear of Crossing the Street

  44. Amnesiphobia - Fear of Amnesia

  45. Ataxophobia - Fear of Untidiness

  46. Aulophobia - Fear of Flutes

  47. Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being Forgotten

  48. Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of Peanut Butter sticking to the roof of your mouth

  49. Anthropophobia - Fear of people

And my personal favorite...

50. Phobophobia - The fear of developing a phobia :)


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  • Clowns
  • Heights
  • Flying
  • Dogs
  • Dying
  • Swimming
  • Public Speaking
  • Other
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Pam Roberson profile image

Pam Roberson  says:
11 months ago

These are really funny! My favorites are probably:

Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking and Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (wowzie, what a word!) - Fear of 666

Thanks for informing us about all these different phobias. I know someone who has a fear of balloons, which is another funny one. ;)

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mraymo  says:
11 months ago

Thanks for the feedback Pam! I have never heard of anyone with a fear of balloons. I'll have to research that one and add it to the list! Thanks again!

Jonathan  says:
5 months ago

A really ironic way to express 'the fear of words' is (basically) an elongation of Sesquipedalophobia is HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPEDALOPHOBIA.The ironic part about it is that it's the longest word in the English dictionary. I just thought it was funny... Enjoy! :D

Jonathan  says:
5 months ago

Sorry, i meant to say

"a really ironic way to express 'the fear of LONG* words'...

a pony named bill  says:
2 months ago

my favorite (which isn't on here) is Anatidaephobia which the fear that somwhere, somehow a duck watching you

Dana  says:
2 months ago

Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words.... better not name the phobia to that person! lol

poopo  says:
2 months ago

the fear that somwhere, somehow a duck watching you

katie  says:
3 weeks ago

lol i think i have these ones!

Ergophobia - Fear of work

Arithmophobia - Fear of Numbers

Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking

xD

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