Wacky Words and Freaky Phobias
February 7, 2022
- Halfpace – A raised floor or dais or a platform or footpace at the top of steps.
- Aerophobia – Fear of fresh air.
- Impignorate – Pledge, pawn, mortgage.
- Myrmecophobia – Fear of ants.
- Jentacular – Pertaining to breakfast.
- Numerophobia – Fear of numbers.
- Quire – Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.
- Phonophobia – Fear of sound.
- Yarborough – A hand with no card above a nine. (In bridge or whist)
- Ombrophobia – Fear of rain.
- Nudiustertian – Relating to the day before yesterday.
- Neophobia – Fear of new things.
- Hornswoggle – Get the better of (someone) by cheating or deception.
- Eisoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors.
- Tittynope – A small quantity of anything left over.
Citations:
https://www.prevention.com/health/mental-health/g20158616/weird-phobias/?slide=2
https://culturesconnection.com/unusual-words-in-english/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shephyken/2021/10/03/choose-your-words-wisely-the-right-words-matter/?sh=38855cd5f492