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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 9 of 13 1 2 … 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Go to page... Re: Know your phobia's [Re: olly] #201402 07/27/11 09:10 PM 07/27/11 09:10 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 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. Re: Know your phobia's [Re: LukeJavan8] #201405 07/27/11 10:17 PM 07/27/11 10:17 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Cibophobia is a phobia of? _________________________ ONIONS, a fear of onions, cibus, cipolla, cebolla, in O.H.G. zwibolla. Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea] #201445 07/30/11 02:42 PM 07/30/11 02:42 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter   addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 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---- Re: Know your phobia's [Re: bexter] #201451 07/30/11 03:49 PM 07/30/11 03:49 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 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---- Re: Know your phobia's [Re: LukeJavan8] #201454 07/30/11 03:58 PM 07/30/11 03:58 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Isn't omphalos navel? Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea] #201455 07/30/11 04:04 PM 07/30/11 04:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: BranShea Isn't omphalos navel? sure, like in omphaloskepsis Re: Know your phobia's [Re: BranShea] #201457 07/30/11 04:25 PM 07/30/11 04:25 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,157 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---- Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy] #201466 07/31/11 12:16 PM 07/31/11 12:16 PM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy OP Pooh-Bah Candy   OP Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 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. Re: Know your phobia's [Re: Candy] #201471 07/31/11 03:39 PM 07/31/11 03:39 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass excepting the last, these are 'real'. FDR said it [Re: tsuwm] #201482 07/31/11 08:37 PM 07/31/11 08:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 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? Page 9 of 13 1 2 … 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Go to page... 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. 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