Wacky Words and Freaky Phobias

Wacky Words and Freaky Phobias

Diya Mehta, Reporter

  1. Erf – Plot of land
  2. Hullabaloo – Commotion
  3. Obelus – The division symbol
  4. Bumbershoot – Umbrella
  5. Biblioklept – A person who steals books
  6. Octothorpe – The hashtag (#) symbol
  7. Skirl – TtThe sound that bagpipes make
  8. Plutophobia – Fear of Money
  9. Xanthophobia – Fear of the color yellow
  10. Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing
  11. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – Fear of long words
  12. Linonophobia – Fear of string
  13. Vestiphobia – Fear of clothes
  14. Deipnophobia – Fear of dining with others
  15. Phobophobia – Fear of phobias

 

Cites:

https://parade.com/1195613/marynliles/funny-words/

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/phobias/weird-phobias/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-scrabble-words-2018