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Title: Words
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 06, 2002, 01:48:25 am

'Zymolenosilicaphobia':

Fear of an empty beer glass; irrational fear or hatred of of an empty beer glass.



Discuss in not more than 200 words...

Title: Words
Post by: Ulundel on October 06, 2002, 02:52:54 am

'Huzefirtuscajituslöknsfpoinreoiresutbrnaropynbdayaoeuiner'

A person who leaves home 9:00 AM every morning, goes to work to an ore mine, finds a big piece of gold and finally shaggs Miss Portman.

Title: Re: Words
Post by: Shrike on October 06, 2002, 03:07:34 am

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
'Zymolenosilicaphobia':

Fear of an empty beer glass; irrational fear or hatred of of an empty beer glass.

Discuss in not more than 200 words...

My friends suffer from Zymolenosilicaphobia when they're at the bad and they've had a few.

Title: Words
Post by: Stunaep on October 06, 2002, 05:19:21 am

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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
'Huzefirtuscajituslöknsfpoinreoiresutbrnaropynbdayaoeuiner'

A person who leaves home 9:00 AM every morning, goes to work to an ore mine, finds a big piece of gold and finally shaggs Miss Portman.

yes, but Zymolenosilicaphobia actually exists, and is not made up by a borg-wannabe, who randomly types letters of the keyboard.

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Post by: Sandwich on October 06, 2002, 05:37:12 am

'Pogonophobia' - the fear of beards.

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Post by: vyper on October 06, 2002, 05:40:38 am

Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.

Interesting, eh?

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Post by: Dark_4ce on October 06, 2002, 06:30:26 am

Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.

Yup this is scary. Is there a phobia for people who HAVE phobias?

:shaking:

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Post by: an0n on October 06, 2002, 06:57:09 am

Paedo-necro-dendro-philiac
Someone who likes having sex with small, dead trees.

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Post by: beatspete on October 06, 2002, 07:24:27 am

Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

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Post by: Corsair on October 06, 2002, 09:30:34 am

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Originally posted by beatspete
Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

That's from the Far Side, isn't it. ;) :lol:

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Post by: CP5670 on October 06, 2002, 09:44:22 am

uh...can it be any word? :p

Polylogarithm: a bivariate function PL(n,z) defined as å^¥_k=0 z^k/kⁿ.

:D

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Is there a phobia for people who HAVE phobias?

Something like "phobiphobia" maybe? A fear of fears? :D

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Post by: kode on October 06, 2002, 09:44:51 am

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Originally posted by Corsair
That's from the Far Side, isn't it. ;) :lol:

yeah.

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Post by: Dark_4ce on October 06, 2002, 10:45:41 am

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Originally posted by CP5670
uh...can it be any word? :p

Polylogarithm: a bivariate function PL(n,z) defined as å^¥_k=0 z^k/kⁿ.

Numerophobia- Fear of numbers... :D

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Post by: Knight Templar on October 06, 2002, 03:34:10 pm

Amathophobia: fear of dust
 
  Decoraphobia: fear of interior decorating
 
  Heortophobia: fear of holidays
 
  Pogonophobia: fear of beards
 
  Genuphobia: fear of knees
 
  Archibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
 
  Phobophobia: fear of fear itself
 
  Scopophobia: fear of being naked
 
  Gemophobia: fear of prominent chins
 
  Batrachophobia: fear of reptiles
 
  Chorophobia: fear of dancing
 
  Osphresiophobia: fear of body odor
 
  Phagophobia: fear of swallowing
 
  Helminthophobia: fear of worms
 
  Odontophobia: fear of teeth
 
  Hodophobia: fear of travel
 
  Parthenophobia: fear of young girls

Title: Words
Post by: CP5670 on October 06, 2002, 03:50:30 pm

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Phobophobia: fear of fear itself

What's the word for fear of phobophobia? :D

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Post by: Knight Templar on October 06, 2002, 04:04:37 pm

phobophobophobia?

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Post by: Joey_21 on October 06, 2002, 04:19:44 pm

phobic neurosis - a general term for all phobias

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Post by: Razor on October 06, 2002, 04:46:02 pm

Deoxirybonucleic acid or more commonly known as DNA. A molecule that decides your physical appearence.

Rybonucleic acid - RNA

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Post by: Galemp on October 06, 2002, 08:17:10 pm

Acetasalicylic Acid: Asprin.
Pseudoantideisestablishmentarianism: False opposition to the separation of church and state.
Llanfairpwyllgwingyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantsiliogogogogh: Name of a small town in Wales. (I bet I misspelled it. I'll give a cookie to anyone else who can pronounce it!)

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Post by: Knight Templar on October 06, 2002, 08:47:44 pm

Supercalifrajalisticexpialidocious : Beats me... i always thought it was just a way of saying Julie Andrews was stoned during production... :blah:

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Post by: demon442 on October 06, 2002, 09:39:18 pm

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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
Llanfairpwyllgwingyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantsiliogogogogh: Name of a small town in Wales. (I bet I misspelled it. I'll give a cookie to anyone else who can pronounce it!)

Will you give me 2 if i can do it in one breath?:D

Title: Words
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 07, 2002, 12:41:21 am

Just don't try to say it with the cookie already in your mouth

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Post by: Dark_4ce on October 07, 2002, 05:38:34 am

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

A lung diseas.... Who the hell comes up with these words?! :nervous:

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Post by: Galemp on October 07, 2002, 11:02:41 am

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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
pneu--mono--ultra--microscopic--silico--volcano--coniosis
 

Make sense now? No? Go study some Latin, then, uncultured plebian!

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Post by: Black Wolf on October 07, 2002, 11:56:23 am

Tristadecaphobia - Irrational fear of the number 13.

Only weird phobia I can think of off hand, but

Pogrom - An organized Massacre - is a cool (non phobic) word.

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Post by: Stunaep on October 07, 2002, 12:24:56 pm

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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor

Llanfairpwyllgwingyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantsiliogogogogh: Name of a small town in Wales. (I bet I misspelled it. I'll give a cookie to anyone else who can pronounce it!)

no misspellings.

.
..
...
....

There, pronounced it. now give me that cookie

Title: Words
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 07, 2002, 01:30:13 pm

You know the one about the duck? well I have that, but it's crows. I can look out of the window any time at school, and see a crow sitting on the fence. I once looked out onto the field and saw no les than 34 of them! They follow me, too! I went on holiday to the Lakes and they were there!

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Post by: Black Wolf on October 07, 2002, 01:32:35 pm

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Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
You know the one about the duck? well I have that, but it's crows. I can look out of the window any time at school, and see a crow sitting on the fence. I once looked out onto the field and saw no les than 34 of them! They follow me, too! I went on holiday to the Lakes and they were there!

Well, you know what they say about people who are followed by crows...:nervous: :shaking:

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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 07, 2002, 01:35:21 pm

No!?! What's that? I don't know! Is it sinister?

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Post by: Levyathan on October 07, 2002, 01:36:57 pm

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words.

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Post by: Black Wolf on October 07, 2002, 01:38:03 pm

I dunno. I was hoping you did.

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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 07, 2002, 01:40:43 pm

Silly sod, you had me worried there.

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Post by: kode on October 07, 2002, 02:18:48 pm

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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor

Llanfairpwyllgwingyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantsiliogogogogh: Name of a small town in Wales. (I bet I misspelled it. I'll give a cookie to anyone else who can pronounce it!)

bleh, I've heard it being pronounced by my old english teacher (who happened to be from wales). It was hard to make out any sense in it.

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Post by: delta_7890 on October 07, 2002, 02:46:40 pm

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Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
No!?! What's that? I don't know! Is it sinister?

I hear they get pecked apart in their sleep...on a very cold winter night...

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Post by: Levyathan on October 07, 2002, 04:32:20 pm

Oh, do you not see the irony?!

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Post by: funkymanphat on October 08, 2002, 10:26:02 am

Megagametophytesalioscliosimorocliabliusophobia- an unrational fear of the female flower's reproductive organs:shaking: i found another!! microgametophytesalioscliosimoroclibaliusophobia- an unrational fear of the male flower's reproductive organs

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Post by: kode on October 08, 2002, 11:45:04 am

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Originally posted by Levyathan
Oh, do you not see the irony?!

I do. I just didn't fell like commenting on itö.

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Post by: Stealth on October 08, 2002, 01:03:48 pm

crackheads lol ;)

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Post by: Martinus on October 08, 2002, 04:09:40 pm

Lethologica :

The inability to remember the word you want, something I'm striken with regularly. :nod:

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Post by: Sandwich on October 08, 2002, 05:49:01 pm

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Originally posted by Maeglamor
Lethologica :

The inability to remember the word you want, something I'm striken with regularly. :nod:

Bah - how many different languages do you speak? Try forgetting words in one, the other, or even both! It's horrid! :D