Saturday, December 4, 2004

fraidy cat

alektorophobia: fear of chickens
bogyphobia: fear of bogeys or the bogeyman
coulrophobia: fear of clowns
dendrophobia: fear of trees
euphobia: fear of hearing good news
frigophobia: fear of cold or cold things
geniophobia: fear of chins
homichlophobia: fear of fog
isopterophobia: fear of termites, insects that eat wood
japanophobia: fear of japanese
kosmikophobia: fear of cosmic phenomenon
lutraphobia: fear of otters
mnemophobia: fear of memories
novercaphobia: fear of your stepmother
ophthalmophobia: fear of being stared at
paraskavedekatriaphobia: fear of friday the 13th
ranidaphobia: fear of frogs
sciophobia: fear of shadows
textophobia: fear of certain fabrics
urophobia: fear of urine or urinating
verbophobia: fear of words
wiccaphobia: fear of witches and witchcraft
xanthophobia: fear of the color yellow or the word yellow
zemmiphobia: fear of the great mole rat

and, finally, there is panophobia, or the fear of everything.

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