CREMNOPHOBIA

PRONUNCIATION: m (krem-no-FO-bee-uh)

MEANING: noun: A fear of precipices or cliffs.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cremnos (overhanging cliff) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1903.
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CREMONOPHOBIA - fear of a northern Italian city

CREAM? NO! PHOBIA - fear of drinking coffee with anything in it

CEREMONOPHOBIA - adherence to ritual is the way to avoid fear; or, adherence to ritual causes fear. Can be read either way, depending on which side of the bed you got up on!
(yes, I know it has two additional letters, not just one)


Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 05/30/18 08:31 PM. Reason: A paradox, a paradox, a most ingenious paradox!