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Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

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

Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air

Cnidophobia- Fear of string

Helmintophobia- Fear of being infested with worms

Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th

Peladophobia- Fear of bald people

My favorite is

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - the fear of long words

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

*giggle*

hehehe... [Wink]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

loomphaliphobia--fear of cutting one's belly button.

I coined that one myself, actually, but it's etymologically correct.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

you can't coin a word unless webster agrees [Big Grin]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Can you cobble one together out of existing Attic Greek words? For, say, cut, belly button, and fear?

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

To tell you the truth, I can't answer that, because i have the fear of cobblling together new words out of existing Attic Greek words.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

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you can't coin a word unless webster agrees

Actually, the contrary is necessarily true. You can't coin a word if Webster agrees, for if he agrees, then the word has already been coined.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Maybe you have to write a letter petitioning Mr. Webster, and if he agrees to your coinage, it's included in his next edition.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

jeez you don't gotta get all technical about it

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

You just can never judge a thread by its title.

I expected something like this.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

If you get an answer from Mr. Webster, call the Inquirer.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Is there a real mr. webster?

Posted by Zyne (Member # 1357) on :

Test...will be deleted before you say, there's no place like home.

Posted by Zyne (Member # 1357) on :

Haha, I lied! I have too cool a user number to delete. Waaaaa.

[Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

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Is there a real mr. webster?

Yes, but he's dead now.