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We take a tongue-in-cheek look at some fears and phobias that can be blamed on our 21st-century lives...
ANUPTAPHOBIA
Fear of staying single. No brainer. Try internet dating.
ANTEFAMAPHOBIA
The fear that people were talking about you but stopped as you entered the room. An occupational hazard for many bosses...and those who overdo it at the office Christmas party.
AGMENOPHOBIA
The fear that the queue you join will be slower than the other one. It might be the post office or the airport check-in. But for some people the Sod’s Law of queuing can become a real phobia.
Try employing a “queue dummy” – a friend who stands in the other line, just in case,
ANCRAOPHOBIA
Fear of wind. Apt to affect teenagers returning to school who have spent the entire summer holiday inside playing on their X-boxes. Also known to strike users of particularly violent washroom hand-dryers.
EUPHOBIA
Fear of good news. Do such people exist? Yes they do. Afflicts leaders of opposition parties when poll results and economic figures are released.
CHOROPHOBIA
Fear of dancing. Teenagers forced to go to wedding receptions with their dads have been recognised sufferers for many years.
ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA
Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth (yes, really). Don’t eat it. Or smear it on your hips. It ends up there anyway.
EDITIOVULTAPHOBIC
Taken from the Latin words for ‘face’ and ‘book’ it means . . . fear of Facebook.
Or just a fear of having every aspect of your life lived in front of “friends” you’ve never met or would ever want to meet.
CATAGELOPHOBIA
Fear of being ridiculed.
Easily prevented. Don’t audition for Tusker Project Fame
CYBERPHOBIA
Fear of computers.
A great excuse for not paying bills, or wasting time watching cat videos
POLITICOPHOBIA
Fear or abnormal dislikeof politicians. Why is this even a phobia?
HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPE-DALIOPHOBIA
Fear of long words.A growing problem among the text generation, IMHO.
