Wacky Words and Freaky Phobias – April

May 1, 2023
- Anatidaephobia – Fear of ducks watching you.
- Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting.
- Plutophobia – Fear of money.
- Heliophobia – Fear of the sun.
- Chionophobia – Fear of snow.
- Antlophobia – Fear of flooding.
- Spheksophobia – Fear of wasps.
- Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish.
- Mycorrhiza – A symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus with the roots of certain plants.
- Northpaw – With or for the right hand.
- Chrestomathy – A collection of selected literary passages.
- Jacal – A hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground.
- Farouche – Sullenly unsociable or shy.
- Quadrivial – Having four ways or roads meeting at a point.
- Somatopsychic – Of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
Cites
https://psychcentral.com/disorders/list-of-phobias#rare-phobias
https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/249347