paraskevidekatriaphobia

[emma]

You want to watch out for this tomorrow.....

PS - for a hint look at the day and date ;)

[Paula]

What a word-monster! And It's today btw (at least in my timezone).

[emma]

Well it is here too, although Jane might be nearly out of it by now ;) I think NZ is GMT+13 right now

[Eimi]

Mine passed uneventfully :D

It's scary, I almost got what that meant just by looking at the word...  I can't figure out why "para" though...

I love Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes!  They're so fun to play with!

[emma]

Mine was pretty uneventful too

[Paula]

Yes, it was normal day, except the pay-check came

[Eimi]

I found this at http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2007/0 ... d-phobias/

Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls
Rectophobia- Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Russophobia- Fear of Russians
Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge
Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing.
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia
Genuphobia- Fear of knees
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.
Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis
Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia- Fear of leprosy.
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.
Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Linonophobia- Fear of string
Logophobia- Fear of words
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.
Melophobia- Fear of music
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope

"Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge"  I'm pretty sure that's half my students...

and "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words"  Do you think they're trying to be ironic?

[Paula]

Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
- Welcome to Finland, the land of forests :

[Jane]

and "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words"  Do you think they're trying to be ironic?

Sure looks like it to me.  :geek:

[Chelle]

Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia

That would be seriously counterproductive if you were female..

[Eimi]

It wouldn't help a male, either ;)

[Clancey]

with a list like that, I wonder how many jokes we could come up with LOL.... all SORTS of zingers popped into my head...