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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Fear of hair? #160247 06/05/2006 7:00 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 johnm1_94118 stranger johnm1_94118 stranger Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Does anyone know the word for "fear of hair?" I'm guessing it is something like pelicuphobia but I'm not sure. John M. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fear of hair? #160248 06/05/2006 7:40 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass hi john; this is the sort of thing one is not likely to "know", but is rather more likely to Google®: chaetophobia or trichophobia or plalacrophobia (going bald) or trichopathophobia (hair disease) Last edited by tsuwm; 06/05/2006 7:53 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fear of hair? #160249 06/05/2006 7:44 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Having just seen a program on JoJo the Dog-Faced Boy's disorder of hypertrichosis (too much hair osis), I'm going to guess trichophobia. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fear of hair? #160250 06/06/2006 3:23 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Welcome, John. Why do you ask? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fear of hair? #160251 06/06/2006 3:38 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 johnm1_94118 stranger johnm1_94118 stranger Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Thank you! I was curious because a friend of mine who has a fondness for hair (would that be trichophilia?) pointed me to the following website with a mix of bemusement and disdain: http://noscruf.org/. It occurred to me that, though perhaps ostensibly tongue-in-cheek, the message the creators of the site were intending to present contained a fair amount of the quasi-liberal feminist misandry that so cheapens the anti-sexist movement and so was ripe for a little bit of ribbing. Perhaps the true slogan of the noscruff "movement" should be; "Trichophobics Unite!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fear of hair? #160252 06/06/2006 3:41 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Good explanation. Thanks for it. Try this: "Chaetophobia - Fear of hair." The List Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fear of hair? #160253 06/06/2006 7:11 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Analopeciaphobia (fear of not being bald)? The spelling may be a bit flaky. ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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