Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!mcnc!dvamc!ms From: ms@dvamc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: odd phobias Message-ID: <1072@dvamc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Aug-83 15:03:39 EDT Article-I.D.: dvamc.1072 Posted: Mon Aug 1 15:03:39 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 23:48:09 EDT Lines: 26 A list of odd phobias: Ailurophobia - fear of cats Androphobia - fear of men Apiphobia - fear of bees Astraphobia - fear of storms Aviophobia - fear of flying Baccilophobial - fear of microbes Ballistophobia - fear of bullets Belonephobia - fear of needles and sharp, pointed objects Clinophobia - fear of beds Gephydrophobia - fear of crossing bridges Latrophobia - fear of doctors Nyctophobia - fear of night Ombrophobia - fear of rain Otophobia - fear of opening one's eyes Peccatophobia - fear of sinning Sitophobia - fear of food Taphephobia - fear of being buried alive Thalassophobia - fear of the ocean Trichophobia - fear of hair Vestiphobia- fear of clothing More trivia later.