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Page 9 of 13 < 1 2 ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 > Go to page... Topic Options #201402 - 07/27/11 05:10 PM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: olly] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: olly He doesn't see your posts Luke but point taken. okay, as I've been clued in by Olly (thanx), I see what happened now, and I'd sum it up by saying I didn't see Luke's link (which defined phobia, as did I, although I explained why I did). I really can't see the "point taken", I guess, since I also defined cibophobia with my link, so it's not like I totally mantled him, even though I'd not seen his post. I'd also posit that the chances of my actually mantling Luke are slim, at best. Top #201405 - 07/27/11 06:17 PM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: LukeJavan8] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Cibophobia is a phobia of? _________________________ ONIONS, a fear of onions, cibus, cipolla, cebolla, in O.H.G. zwibolla. Top #201445 - 07/30/11 10:42 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea] bexter addict Registered: 11/17/10 Posts: 677 Loc: Middle Earth it's a phobia of food in general well done to you translatey people another one if you want: Omphalophobia _________________________ ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Top #201451 - 07/30/11 11:49 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: bexter] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8426 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Just guessing here, from my Latin days: Omphales, Omphalos or something of the kind was an ancient queen, of Lydia or some such place. She had a god (Hercules????)serve her while wearing a dress. So Fear, aversion to cross-dressing????? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #201454 - 07/30/11 11:58 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: LukeJavan8] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Isn't omphalos navel? Top #201455 - 07/30/11 12:04 PM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: BranShea Isn't omphalos navel? sure, like in omphaloskepsis Top #201457 - 07/30/11 12:25 PM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8426 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: BranShea Isn't omphalos navel? Sure, I was just remembering the laugh our class got out of the story of that queen. But that was many decades ago. And it is a phobia: so not contemplating one's navel, but an aversion of some sort. Many people today pierce their navel, no aversion there, rather attraction. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #201466 - 07/31/11 08:16 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1706 Loc: down under I can't see how being omphalophobia would be a problem ....unless they had a lint problem they had to attend to on a regular basis. Top #201471 - 07/31/11 11:39 AM Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass excepting the last, these are 'real'. Top #201482 - 07/31/11 04:37 PM FDR said it [Re: tsuwm] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6783 Loc: Worcester, MA (...mixing his languages maybe) "PHOBOPHOBIA - res ipse loquitur" -- "The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself ." In a manner of speaking... (Does that sound like the germ of a double-dactyl to anyone else? Top Page 9 of 13 < 1 2 ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 > Go to page... 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