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Fun Trivia: P : Phobias

Special Sub-Topic: What Are You Afraid Of?


You'll probably get this after being mugged a few times. The fear of crime is . . .

    Scelerophobia. Melissaphobia - fear of bees, Cenophobia - fear of barren space, Eremophobia - fear of being alone

For a good laugh, read "The Premature Burial" to your little sibling. They'll have this fear of being buried alive for weeks.
    Taphephobia. Galeophobia - fear of cats (variation), Ereuthrophobia - fear of blushing (variation), Anginophobia - fear of choking

Why does my girlfriend always get this fear of cold when I remember my jacket and she forgets hers?
    Cheimaphobia. Kainophobia - fear of novelty, Mysophobia - fear of contamination, Apiphobia - fear of bees

If you live in New York, you'll develop this fear of crossing streets from all of the cars aiming for you.
    Dromophobia. Molysmophobia - fear of contamination, Scotophobia - fear of darkness (variation), Eosophobia - fear of dawn

You would think that turkeys would get this fear of rain because so many of them drown in it.
    Ombrophobia. Pyrexeophobia - fear of fever, Kopophobia - fear of fatigue, Peniaphobia - fear of poverty

Yes Mistress Raven! I have this fear of instruments of punishment.
    Rhabdophobia. Amathophobia - fear of drafts, Teratophobia - fear of a deformed child, Kainophobia - fear of change

Most unmarried accuse their boyfriends of this fear of responsibility.
    Hypengyophobia. Antlophobia - fear of floods, Patoiophobia - fear of hereditary disease, Zelophobia - fear of jealousy

You only need to fear this if you're the guy who mugged me in Question 1. The fear of justice is . . .
    Dikephobia. Hyelophobia - fear of glass, Eisoptrophobia - fear of mirrors, Aichmophobia - fear of knives

I keep telling my boss that I have this fear of overwork to qualify for worker's comp.
    Ponophobia. Oikophobia - fear of homes, Gamophobia - fear of marriage, Homichlophobia - fear of fog

If you suffer from this fear of money, I want to help. Send me all of your currency and I will protect you from it. ;-)
    Chrematophobia. Osmophobia - fear of odor, Amychophobia - fear of being scratched, Hormephobia - fear of shock

It's not the falling that scares me - it's the sudden stopping when you hit the ground! The fear of gravity is . . .
    Barophobia. Poinephobia - fear of punishment, Iophobia - fear of poison, Chionphobia - fear of snow

Most teachers get this fear of becoming insane sometime in May.
    Lyssophobia. Pnigerophobia - fear of smothering, Cremnophobia - fear of precipices, Hierophobia - fear of sacred things


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