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#200662 - 06/23/11 07:57 AM Singing the Blues [Re: LukeJavan8]
Candy Offline
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Registered: 09/21/10
Posts: 1705
Loc: down under
Thanks Luke....its good to hear words are spreading.


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#201262 - 07/20/11 06:01 AM Know your phobia's [Re: Candy]
Candy Offline
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Registered: 09/21/10
Posts: 1705
Loc: down under
Just a quick quiz.....either check answers yourself or I can mark your reply for you smirk

1. The obsessive fear of tight, enclosed spaces is called:
A. agoraphobia
B. acrophobia
C. claustrophobia
D. klaustrophobia

2. The obsessive fear of open public places is called:
A. agoraphobia
B. acrophobia
C. klaustrophobia
D. xenophobia

3. The obsessive fear of foreigners is called:
A. acrophobia
B. xenophobia
C. agoraphobia
D. claustrophobia

4. The obsessive fear of high places is called:
A. agoraphobia
B. claustrophobia
C. hippophobia
D. acrophobia

5. The obsessive fear of the French is called:
A. Hellenophobia
B. Gallophobia
C. Francephobia
D. Frenchyphobia

6. The medical name for rabies is:
A. homophobia
B. hypophobia
C. hyperphobia
D. hydrophobia

7. The obsessive fear of Greeks is called:
A. Hellenophobia
B. Grekophobia
C. Athenophobia
D. Greekophobia

8. The obsessive fear of animals is called:
A. hippophobia
B. animophobia
C. xylophobia
D. zoophobia

9. The obsessive fear of deep water is called:
A. dipsophobia
B. acrophobia
C. bathyphobia
D. hydrophobia

10. The obsessive fear of horses is called:
A. equinophobia
B. hippophobia
C. bovinophobia
D. orsophobia

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#201265 - 07/20/11 07:12 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy]
Faldage Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13653
Originally Posted By: Candy
Just a quick quiz.....either check answers yourself or I can mark your reply for you smirk

1. The obsessive fear of tight, enclosed spaces is called:
A. agoraphobia
B. acrophobia
C. claustrophobia √
D. klaustrophobia

2. The obsessive fear of open public places is called:
A. agoraphobia √
B. acrophobia
C. klaustrophobia
D. xenophobia

3. The obsessive fear of foreigners is called:
A. acrophobia
B. xenophobia √
C. agoraphobia
D. claustrophobia

4. The obsessive fear of high places is called:
A. agoraphobia
B. claustrophobia
C. hippophobia
D. acrophobia √

5. The obsessive fear of the French is called:
A. Hellenophobia
B. Gallophobia √
C. Francephobia
D. Frenchyphobia

6. The medical name for rabies is:
A. homophobia
B. hypophobia
C. hyperphobia
D. hydrophobia √

7. The obsessive fear of Greeks is called:
A. Hellenophobia √
B. Grekophobia
C. Athenophobia
D. Greekophobia

8. The obsessive fear of animals is called:
A. hippophobia
B. animophobia
C. xylophobia
D. zoophobia √

9. The obsessive fear of deep water is called:
A. dipsophobia
B. acrophobia
C. bathyphobia √
D. hydrophobia

10. The obsessive fear of horses is called:
A. equinophobia
B. hippophobia √
C. bovinophobia
D. orsophobia


My answers checked in white. Mouse over to see.

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#201267 - 07/20/11 10:28 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Offline
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Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 5248
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
bathophobia. My friend Phoebus says so.

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#201274 - 07/20/11 11:02 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 5268
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
I remember that list of phobias somewhere on this sight
or was it WOTD? Baffling.
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#201280 - 07/21/11 06:59 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: LukeJavan8]
bexter Offline
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Registered: 11/17/10
Posts: 677
Loc: Middle Earth
hehe and my personal favourite phobia name

arachibutyrophobia

and guesses as to what it is a phobia of? laugh
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#201282 - 07/21/11 07:50 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Faldage]
Candy Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/21/10
Posts: 1705
Loc: down under
Originally Posted By: Faldage
[quote=Candy]....
My answers checked in white. Mouse over to see.


Well done Faldo 100%, but then thats to be expected.


re-arachibutyrophobia, Bex...I don't know....something to do with arches and butter.....maybe walking through butter with bare feet?

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#201294 - 07/21/11 12:06 PM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy]
Buffalo Shrdlu Offline
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Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7184
Loc: Vermont
arachibutyrophobia = fear of flaming spiders?

:¬ )
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#201302 - 07/21/11 09:10 PM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy]
Jackie Offline
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11578
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Fear of spiders eating peanut butter? wink

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#201304 - 07/22/11 04:31 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: bexter]
BranShea Offline
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Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 5248
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
Fear of treatment for schizophrenia by immersions in arachide oil. ????

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