For those of you afraid of not paying a bill on time or hearing of an illness in the family, cheer up...it could be worse!
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. (And I thought that was just a fear of the old faire site)
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. (Really? Fifty foot tall ones maybe...)
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. (I'm not sure what I think of that. Anyone?)
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. (No shit)
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity. (And I hear that fear stays with you forever and ever and ever...)
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. (Well, who isn't?)
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting. (I forget which one)
Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions. (Sissy)
Barophobia- Fear of gravity. (That's got to get you down)
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns. (Remind me to tell you something later)
Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements. (Really? Cause I dig 'em)
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers. (see: adult)
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia. (Naw...)
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women. (Well, maybe just the crazy ones)
Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
(Doctor: "I hate to tell you this, but you have Hellenologophobia" - Patient: "Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!")
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words. (Who ever came up with these names is really, really mean!)
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. (I guess that only goes to show that one man's phobia is another man's pride and joy....)
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing. (Well then, put that down!)
Nomatophobia- Fear of names. (Bob! Jack! Mary! HaHaHaHa!!!)
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother. (Not everyone's, just yours)
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love. (They're out there, trust me)
Proctophobia- Fear of the rectum. (I guess if I really thought about it for a while...)
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of a magic wand (Then I guess being severely punished or beaten by a magic wand would be a REAL bummer)
Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words (see "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia"... teehee)
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting. (That's got to get old quick)
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea. (Then I guess Thaaslassophobia is the fear of sitting in the sea)
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating. (That's something you got to get over pretty quick)
Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons. (Tell me about it…)
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat. (Just the great one; the rest of them apparently aren't a problem at all)