6/21/2008

June 20 is the happiest day of the year. =)

According to a math formula worked out by Cliff Arnall, June 20th is the happiest day of the year. I don't know about you, but it definitely wasn't my happiest day of the year.

You can read the full report here.

Let me know which day is your happiest day of the year. =)

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6/18/2008

I downloaded Firefox 3, but I still felt sad.

After hours of waiting, I finally downloaded Firefox 3 from here:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US

Nevertheless, I still felt very disappointed. Mozilla, sigh.....

And this post is written with Firefox 3. Call it a love-hate relationship, but I still prefer Firefox to IE, no matter what.

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Firefox 3 download page is down =(

Firefox 3 is SUPPOSED to be released at 1pm EDT on 17th June, 2008, that translates into 1am on 18th June, 2008 at my side. That means I had to stay up all night just to download it. Stay up I did, because 1) I love Firefox. 2) I pledged. 3) I want to be part of the world record.

But when 1pm came, the official download page went down!!! What a ingenious way to explain to us the meaning of DOWNload! And what a great start to break a world record! I'm not complaining. But Mozilla does seem a bit unprepared for its own party. After creating all the buzz online, I can't believe Mozilla failed to fulfil its promise.

I have no doubt that Firefox 3 will still be able to set a world record (since there is no previous world record anyway), and I will still be able to download Firefox 3 within the next 24 hours (because I don't want to think otherwise), and Firefox 3 will push Firefox's market share even further (because I hate IE). But for all those faithful Firefox fans who waited all morning, or in my case all night, this delay is still a huge letdown.

I am disappointed. Very disappointed.

Check out TechCrucnch.

Update:
1:42pm EDT. Still no download page.


2:00pm EDT. One hour after the promised release time, the download page is still down.

At around 2:01pm EDT. I received this email from spreadfirefox.com

"Today you'll make history with Firefox
Are you ready to make history? Are you ready to set a World Record? Today is Download Day. To become part of the official Guinness World Record you must download Firefox 3 by 17:00 UTC on June 18, 2008, or roughly 24 hours from now."

That means the release time is indeed 17:00 UTC (13:00 EDT) June 17, 2008!

2:19 EDT. Mozilla blog posted an explanation-cum-apology.

"The outpouring of interest and enthusiasm around Firefox 3 has been overwhelming (literally!). Our servers are currently feeling the burn and should be back to normal shortly. Download day will officially commence once the site goes live. The 24 hours period will be clocked from that moment. Thanks for your continued support."

2:37 EDT. I am going to bed. Still no download available. Firefox, I am starting to hate you. =(

3:00pm EDT. I used this link download
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US
It worked. But I still felt disappointed. Spreadfirefox is still down. Mozilla's homepage is still not updated. This just isn't how things are supposed to be.

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6/13/2008

If the world's population were reduced to 100, what would it be like?

(Transcribed from The Miniature Earth video. Click here to watch the entire video.)

If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this...


  • 61 Asians, 12 Europeans, 8 North Americans, 5 South Americans and the Caribbean, 13 Africans, and 1 from Oceania

  • 50 women and 50 men

  • 47 live in an urban area

  • 9 are disabled

  • 33 are Christian, 18 are Muslims, 14 are Hindus, 16 are non-religious, 6 are Buddhists, 13 practice other religions

  • 43 live without basic sanitation, 18 live without an improved water source

  • 6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community

  • 13 are hungry or malnourished

  • 14 can't read

  • only 7 are educated at a secondary level

  • only 12 have a computer, only 3 have an Internet connection

  • 1 adult aged 15-49 has HIV/AIDS

  • The village spend more the US$1.12 trillion on military expenditures and only US$100 billion on development aid

  • If you keep your food in a refrigerator, your clothes in a closet, if you have a bed to sleep in, and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75% of the entire world population.

  • If you have a bank account, you are one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world.

  • 18 struggle to live on US$1.00 per day or less. 53 struggle to live on US$2.00 per day or less.


Appreciate what you have, and do your best for a better world.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
It may seem like a small contribution, but you can start doing your part by visiting the following websites:
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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List of phobias - how many of these do you have? =)

Stumbleupon-ed this website just now. Some of the phobias listed are really really fun. I didn't even know people are capable of having these fears in the first place. Haha. But since there are actual words for these fears, there must be quite a number of people having them. =)

I don't know why I put a smiley face at the end of that sentence. -.-"

Take a look at the list and see how many of these phobias you have.



  • Ablutophobia Fear of washing or bathing. Ewww!! I definitely fear those people who have this phobia!
  • Acarophobia Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
  • Acerophobia Fear of sourness.
  • Achluophobia Fear of darkness.
  • Acousticophobia Fear of noise.
  • Acrophobia Fear of heights.
  • Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places.
  • Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
  • Aerophobia Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
  • Agateophobia Fear of insanity.
  • Agliophobia Fear of pain.
  • Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
  • Agraphobia Fear of sexual abuse.Who is NOT agraphobic?
  • Agrizoophobia Fear of wild animals.
  • Agyrophobia Fear of streets or crossing the street. Gosh! I finally found the word!! I am! I am! I am agyrophobic!!
  • Aichmophobia Fear of needles or pointed objects.
  • Ailurophobia Fear of cats.
  • Albuminurophobia Fear of kidney disease.
  • Alektorophobia Fear of chickens.
  • Algophobia Fear of pain.
  • Alliumphobia Fear of garlic.
  • Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions.
  • Altophobia Fear of heights.
  • Amathophobia Fear of dust.
  • Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car.
  • Ambulophobia Fear of walking. Haha. Me again. lol.
  • Amnesiphobia Fear of amnesia.
  • Amychophobia Fear of scratches or being scratched.
  • Anablephobia Fear of looking up.
  • Ancraophobia or Anemophobia Fear of wind.
  • Androphobia Fear of men. lol. Somebody actually fears me. Haha. Don't laught! I AM a man!
  • Anemophobia Fear of air drafts or wind.
  • Anginophobia Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
  • Anglophobia Fear of England, English culture, etc.
  • Angrophobia Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
  • Ankylophobia Fear of immobility of a joint.
  • Anthrophobia or Fear of flowers.
  • Anthophobia
  • Anthropophobia Fear of people or society.
  • Antlophobia Fear of floods.
  • Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single. I definitely do NOT have this phobia.
  • Apeirophobia Fear of infinity.
  • Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched. How sad. Well, I am not scared of being touched. But I do hate being touched. And I do enjoy touching other people. -.-" What a weird creature I am!
  • Apiphobia Fear of bees.
  • Apotemnophobia Fear of persons with amputations.
  • Arachibutyrophobia Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Huh? There is such a word?
  • Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia Fear of spiders.
  • Arithmophobia Fear of numbers.
  • Arrhenphobia Fear of men.
  • Arsonphobia Fear of fire.
  • Asthenophobia Fear of fainting or weakness.
  • Astraphobia or Astrapophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
  • Astrophobia Fear of stars and celestial space.
  • Asymmetriphobia Fear of asymmetrical things.
  • Ataxiophobia Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
  • Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness.
  • Atelophobia Fear of imperfection.
  • Atephobia Fear of ruin or ruins.
  • Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
  • Atomosophobia Fear of atomic explosions. Again, who is NOT?
  • Atychiphobia Fear of failure.
  • Aulophobia Fear of flutes.
  • Aurophobia Fear of gold.
  • Auroraphobia Fear of Northern lights.
  • Autodysomophobia Fear of one that has a vile odor.
  • Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues Erm...what is ventriloquist? And what is animatronic?
  • Automysophobia Fear of being dirty.
  • Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself.
  • Aviophobia or Aviatophobia Fear of flying.
  • Bacillophobia Fear of microbes. OMG! I am only at B. -.-" What a long list!
  • Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria.
  • Ballistophobia Fear of missiles or bullets.
  • Barophobia Fear of gravity.
  • Basophobia or Basiphobia Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
  • Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
  • Bathophobia Fear of depth.
  • Batophobia Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
  • Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
  • Belonephobia Fear of pins and needles.
  • Bibliophobia Fear of books. Erm..may I use this an excuse for not completing my homework? Haha.
  • Blennophobia Fear of slime.
  • Bogyphobia Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.
  • Bolshephobia Fear of Bolsheviks.
  • Botanophobia Fear of plants.
  • Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia Fear of body smells.
  • Brontophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
  • Bufonophobia Fear of toads.
  • Cacophobia Fear of ugliness.
  • Cainophobia or Cainotophobia Fear of newness, novelty.
  • Caligynephobia Fear of beautiful women. huh? Serious?
  • Cancerophobia Fear of cancer.
  • Carcinophobia Fear of cancer.
  • Cardiophobia Fear of the heart.
  • Carnophobia Fear of meat.
  • Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed.
  • Catapedaphobia Fear of jumping from high and low places.
  • Cathisophobia Fear of sitting.huh huh? serious serious?
  • Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors.
  • Cenophobia or Centophobia Fear of new things or ideas.
  • Ceraunophobia Fear of thunder.
  • Chaetophobia Fear of hair.
  • Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia Fear of cold.
  • Chemophobia Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
  • Cherophobia Fear of gaiety.
  • Chionophobia Fear of snow.
  • Chiraptophobia Fear of being touched.
  • Chirophobia Fear of hands.
  • Cholerophobia Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
  • Chorophobia Fear of dancing.
  • Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia Fear of money.
  • Chromophobia or Chromatophobia Fear of colors.
  • Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks.
  • Chronophobia Fear of time. So lame. -.-"
  • Cibophobia or Sitophobia or Sitiophobia Fear of food.
  • Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces.
  • Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
  • Cleptophobia Fear of stealing.
  • Climacophobia Fear of stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs.
  • Clinophobia Fear of going to bed.
  • Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia Fear of being enclosed.
  • Cnidophobia Fear of stings.
  • Coimetrophobia Fear of cemeteries.
  • Coitophobia Fear of coitus.
  • Cometophobia Fear of comets.
  • Contreltophobia Fear of sexual abuse.
  • Coprastasophobia Fear of constipation. Hahahahah! Lmao.
  • Coprophobia Fear of feces.
  • Coulrophobia Fear of clowns.
  • Counterphobia The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
  • Cremnophobia Fear of precipices.
  • Cryophobia Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
  • Crystallophobia Fear of crystals or glass.
  • Cyberphobia Fear of computers or working on a computer. I definitely do NOT have this phobia. Haha.
  • Cyclophobia Fear of bicycles.
  • Cymophobia Fear of waves or wave like motions.
  • Cynophobia Fear of dogs or rabies. Me me me!! I am super scared of dogs!!!
  • Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, Cyprianophobia, or Cyprinophobia Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
  • Decidophobia Fear of making decisions.
  • Defecaloesiophobia Fear of painful bowels movements. Hahahahahahaha!
  • Deipnophobia Fear of dining or dinner conversations. I love the former and dread the latter. So do I have this phobia?
  • Dementophobia Fear of insanity.
  • Demonophobia or Daemonophobia Fear of demons.
  • Demophobia Fear of crowds.
  • Dendrophobia Fear of trees. NO!!!!!!!!! My name means "trees" in Chinese!!! OK. Strictly speaking, it means "forest". But if someone is very very dendrophobic, he or she will be fearful of me! I don't want people to be fearful of me. =(
  • Dentophobia Fear of dentists.
  • Dermatophobia Fear of skin lesions.
  • Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia Fear of skin disease.
  • Dextrophobia Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
  • Diabetophobia Fear of diabetes.
  • Didaskaleinophobia Fear of going to school. What a common phobia!
  • Dikephobia Fear of justice.
  • Dinophobia Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
  • Diplophobia Fear of double vision.
  • Dipsophobia Fear of drinking.Me me me again!
  • Dishabiliophobia Fear of undressing in front of someone.
  • Domatophobia or Oikophobia Fear of houses or being in a house.Then where to sleep?
  • Doraphobia Fear of fur or skins of animals.
  • Doxophobia Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
  • Dromophobia Fear of crossing streets.
  • Dutchphobia Fear of the Dutch.
  • Dysmorphophobia Fear of deformity.
  • Dystychiphobia Fear of accidents.
  • Ecclesiophobia Fear of church.
  • Ecophobia Fear of home.
  • Eicophobia or Oikophobia Fear of home surroundings.
  • Eisoptrophobia Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
  • Electrophobia Fear of electricity.
  • Eleutherophobia Fear of freedom. ah? What kind of fear is this?
  • Elurophobia Fear of cats.
  • Emetophobia Fear of vomiting.
  • Enetophobia Fear of pins.
  • Enochlophobia Fear of crowds.
  • Enosiophobia or Enissophobia Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
  • Entomophobia Fear of insects.
  • Eosophobia Fear of dawn or daylight.
  • Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers.
  • Epistaxiophobia Fear of nosebleeds.
  • Epistemophobia Fear of knowledge.Another excuse for not going to school.
  • Equinophobia Fear of horses.
  • Eremophobia Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
  • Ereuthrophobia Fear of blushing.OMG!! I blush sooooooooo much!! Luckily I don't have this phobia. =)
  • Ergasiophobia 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating.
  • Ergophobia Fear of work.
  • Erotophobia Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
  • Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red.
  • Euphobia Fear of hearing good news. -.-"
  • Eurotophobia Fear of female genitalia.
  • Febriphobia, Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia Fear of fever.
  • Felinophobia Fear of cats. (
  • Francophobia Fear of France, French culture.
  • Frigophobia Fear of cold, cold things.
  • Galeophobia or Gatophobia Fear of cats.
  • Gallophobia or Galiophobia Fear France, French culture.
  • Gamophobia Fear of marriage.
  • Geliophobia Fear of laughter.
  • Geniophobia Fear of chins.
  • Genophobia Fear of sex.
  • Genuphobia Fear of knees.
  • Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia Fear of crossing bridges.
  • Gerascophobia Fear of growing old. Me me me me me!!!
  • Germanophobia Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.
  • Gerontophobia Fear of old people or of growing old.
  • Geumaphobia or Geumophobia Fear of taste.
  • Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
  • Gnosiophobia Fear of knowledge.
  • Graphophobia Fear of writing or handwriting.
  • Gymnophobia Fear of nudity.
  • Gynephobia or Gynophobia Fear of women.
  • Hadephobia Fear of hell.
  • Hagiophobia Fear of saints or holy things.
  • Hamartophobia Fear of sinning.
  • Haphephobia or Haptephobia Fear of being touched.
  • Harpaxophobia Fear of being robbed.
  • Hedonophobia Fear of feeling pleasure.
  • Heliophobia Fear of the sun. The last time I checked we were still talking about the fears of human beings who live on the earth in the solar system.
  • Hellenologophobia Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. no fraternity or sorority for these people.
  • Helminthophobia Fear of being infested with worms.
  • Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia Fear of blood.
  • Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
  • Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
  • Heterophobia Fear of the opposite sex.
  • Hierophobia Fear of priests or sacred things.
  • Hippophobia Fear of horses.
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Fear of long words. This is soooooo funny! Look at the word and then look at the definition. Classic!
  • Hobophobia Fear of bums or beggars.
  • Hodophobia Fear of road travel.
  • Homichlophobia Fear of fog.
  • Homilophobia Fear of sermons.
  • Hominophobia Fear of men.
  • Homophobia Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
  • Hoplophobia Fear of firearms.
  • Hormephobia Fear of shock.
  • Hydrargyophobia Fear of mercurial medicines.
  • Hydrophobia Fear of water or of rabies.
  • Hydrophobophobia Fear of rabies.
  • Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia Fear of glass.
  • Hygrophobia Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
  • Hylephobia Fear of materialism OR the fear of epilepsy.
  • Hylophobia Fear of forests. OH NO!!!!!!! There ARE people who are fearful of me!!!
  • Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia Fear of responsibility.
  • Hypnophobia Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
  • Hypsiphobia Fear of height.
  • Iatrophobia Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
  • Ichthyophobia Fear of fish.
  • Ideophobia Fear of ideas.
  • Illyngophobia Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
  • Insectophobia Fear of insects.
  • Iophobia Fear of poison.
  • Isolophobia Fear of solitude, being alone.
  • Isopterophobia Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
  • Ithyphallophobia Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
  • Japanophobia Fear of Japanese.
  • Judeophobia Fear of Jews.
  • Kainolophobia Fear of novelty.
  • Kainophobia Fear of anything new, novelty.
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia Fear of failure or defeat.
  • Katagelophobia Fear of ridicule.
  • Kathisophobia Fear of sitting down.
  • Kenophobia Fear of voids or empty spaces.
  • Keraunophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
  • Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia Fear of movement or motion.
  • Kleptophobia Fear of stealing.
  • Koinoniphobia Fear of rooms.
  • Kolpophobia Fear of genitals, particularly female.
  • Koniophobia Fear of dust.
  • Kopophobia Fear of fatigue.
  • Kosmikophobia Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
  • Kymophobia Fear of waves.
  • Kynophobia Fear of rabies.
  • Kyphophobia Fear of stooping.
  • Lachanophobia Fear of vegetables. I know a bunch of people who have this phobia.
  • Laliophobia or Lalophobia Fear of speaking.
  • Leprophobia or Lepraphobia Fear of leprosy.
  • Leukophobia Fear of the color white. Whoever has this phobia is probably not reading this, given how white the background is.
  • Levophobia Fear of things to the left side of the body. WHAT KIND OF PHOBIA IS THIS?!?!?!
  • Ligyrophobia Fear of loud noises.
  • Lilapsophobia Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
  • Limnophobia Fear of lakes.
  • Linonophobia Fear of string.
  • Liticaphobia Fear of lawsuits.
  • Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth.
  • Logizomechanophobia Fear of computers.
  • Logophobia Fear of words.
  • Luiphobia Fear of lues, syphillis.
  • Lutraphobia Fear of otters.
  • Lygophobia Fear of darkness.
  • Lyssophobia Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.
  • Macrophobia Fear of long waits.
  • Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking.
  • Maieusiophobia Fear of childbirth.
  • Malaxophobia Fear of love play.
  • Maniaphobia Fear of insanity.
  • Mastigophobia Fear of punishment.
  • Mechanophobia Fear of machines.
  • Medomalacuphobia Fear of losing an erection.
  • Medorthophobia Fear of an erect penis.EWWWWW!!!
  • Megalophobia Fear of large things.
  • Melanophobia Fear of the color black.
  • Melissophobia Fear of bees.
  • Melophobia Fear or hatred of music.I can't imagine a life without music.
  • Meningitophobia Fear of brain disease.
  • Menophobia Fear of menstruation.
  • Merinthophobia Fear of being bound or tied up.
  • Metallophobia Fear of metal.
  • Metathesiophobia Fear of changes.
  • Meteorophobia Fear of meteors.
  • Methyphobia Fear of alcohol.
  • Metrophobia Fear or hatred of poetry.
  • Microbiophobia Fear of microbes.
  • Microphobia Fear of small things.
  • Misophobia Fear of being contaminated with dirt of germs.
  • Mnemophobia Fear of memories.
  • Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia Fear of dirt or contamination.
  • Monopathophobia Fear of definite disease.
  • Monophobia Fear of solitude or being alone.
  • Motorphobia Fear of automobiles.
  • Mottephobia Fear of moths.
  • Musophobia or Murophobia Fear of mice.
  • Mycophobia Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
  • Mycrophobia Fear of small things.
  • Myctophobia Fear of darkness.
  • Myrmecophobia Fear of ants.
  • Mysophobia Fear of germs or contamination or dirt.
  • Mythophobia Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
  • Myxophobia Fear of slime.
  • Nebulaphobia Fear of fog.
  • Necrophobia Fear of death or dead things.
  • Nelophobia Fear of glass.
  • Neopharmaphobia Fear of new drugs.
  • Neophobia Fear of anything new.
  • Nephophobia Fear of clouds.
  • Noctiphobia Fear of the night.
  • Nomatophobia Fear of names.
  • Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals.
  • Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia Fear of becoming ill.
  • Nostophobia Fear of returning home.
  • Novercaphobia Fear of your step
  • Nucleomituphobia Fear of nuclear weapons.
  • Nudophobia Fear of nudity.
  • Numerophobia Fear of numbers.
  • Nyctohylophobia Fear of dark wooded areas, of forests at night
  • Nyctophobia Fear of the dark or of night.
  • Obesophobia Fear of gaining weight. Ermm..am I?
  • Ochlophobia Fear of crowds or mobs.
  • Ochophobia Fear of vehicles.
  • Octophobia Fear of the figure 8.
  • Odontophobia Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
  • Odynophobia or Odynephobia Fear of pain.
  • Oenophobia Fear of wines.
  • Oikophobia Fear of home surroundings, house.
  • Olfactophobia Fear of smells.
  • Ombrophobia Fear of rain or of being rained on.
  • Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia Fear of eyes.
  • Oneirogmophobia Fear of wet dreams.
  • Oneirophobia Fear of dreams.
  • Onomatophobia Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
  • Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes.
  • Ophthalmophobia Fear of being stared at.
  • Opiophobia Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
  • Optophobia Fear of opening one's eyes.
  • Ornithophobia Fear of birds.
  • Orthophobia Fear of property.
  • Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia Fear of smells or odors.
  • Ostraconophobia Fear of shellfish.
  • Ouranophobia Fear of heaven.
  • Pagophobia Fear of ice or frost.
  • Panophobia or Pantophobia Fear of everything. lol. This is the ultimate phobia! Haha.
  • Panthophobia Fear of suffering and disease.
  • Papaphobia Fear of the Pope. I thought it was fear of papa. -.-"
  • Papyrophobia Fear of paper.
  • Paralipophobia Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
  • Paraphobia Fear of sexual perversion.
  • Parasitophobia Fear of parasites.
  • Paraskavedekatriaphobia Fear of Friday the 13th. It is Colgate Day!
  • Parthenophobia Fear of virgins or young girls.
  • Parturiphobia Fear of childbirth.
  • Pathophobia Fear of disease.
  • Patroiophobia Fear of heredity.
  • Peccatophobia Fear of sinning.
  • Pediculophobia Fear of lice.
  • Pediophobia Fear of dolls.
  • Pedophobia Fear of children.
  • Peladophobia Fear of bald people.
  • Pellagrophobia Fear of pellagra.
  • Peniaphobia Fear of poverty.
  • Pentheraphobia Fear of mother
  • Phagophobia Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten. This is a bit horror-movie-like.
  • Phalacrophobia Fear of becoming bald. Hahahahaha.
  • Phallophobia Fear of a penis, esp erect.
  • Pharmacophobia Fear of taking medicine.
  • Pharmacophobia Fear of drugs.
  • Phasmophobia Fear of ghosts.
  • Phengophobia Fear of daylight or sunshine.
  • Philemaphobia or Philematophobia Fear of kissing.
  • Philophobia Fear of falling in love or being in love.
  • Philosophobia Fear of philosophy.
  • Phobophobia Fear of phobias.This is...erm...weird.
  • Phonophobia Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
  • Photoaugliaphobia Fear of glaring lights.
  • Photophobia Fear of light.
  • Phronemophobia Fear of thinking. Lazy...
  • Phthiriophobia Fear of lice.
  • Phthisiophobia Fear of tuberculosis.
  • Placophobia Fear of tombstones.
  • Plutophobia Fear of wealth.
  • Pluviophobia Fear of rain or of being rained on.
  • Pneumatiphobia Fear of spirits.
  • Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia Fear of choking of being smothered.
  • Pocrescophobia Fear of gaining weight.
  • Pogonophobia Fear of beards.
  • Poinephobia Fear of punishment.
  • Poliosophobia Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
  • Politicophobia Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
  • Polyphobia Fear of many things.
  • Ponophobia Fear of overworking or of pain.
  • Porphyrophobia Fear of the color purple.
  • Potamophobia Fear of rivers or running water.
  • Potophobia Fear of alcohol.
  • Proctophobia Fear of rectum.
  • Prosophobia Fear of progress.
  • Psellismophobia Fear of stuttering.
  • Psychophobia Fear of mind.
  • Psychrophobia Fear of cold.
  • Pteromerhanophobia Fear of flying.
  • Pteronophobia Fear of being tickled by feathers.
  • Pupaphobia fear of puppets.
  • Pyrexiophobia Fear of Fever.
  • Pyrophobia Fear of fire.
  • Radiophobia Fear of radiation and x-rays
  • Ranidaphobia Fear of frogs.
  • Rectophobia Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
  • Rhabdophobia Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic (wand).
  • Rhypophobia Fear of defecation.
  • Rhytiphobia Fear of getting wrinkles.
  • Rupophobia Fear of dirt.
  • Russophobia Fear of Russians.
  • Samhainophobia Fear of Halloween.
  • Sarmassophobia Fear of love play.
  • Satanophobia Fear of Satan.
  • Scabiophobia Fear of scabies.
  • Scatophobia Fear of fecal matter.
  • Scelerophibia Fear of bad men, burglars.
  • Sciophobia Sciaphobia Fear of shadows.
  • Scoleciphobia Fear of worms.
  • Scolionophobia Fear of school.
  • Scopophobia or Scoptophobia Fear of being seen or stared at.
  • Scotomaphobia Fear of blindness in visual field.
  • Scotophobia Fear of darkness.
  • Scriptophobia Fear of writing in public.
  • Selachophobia Fear of sharks.
  • Selaphobia Fear of light flashes.
  • Selenophobia Fear of the moon.
  • Seplophobia Fear of decaying matter.
  • Sesquipedalophobia Fear of long words.
  • Sexophobia Fear of the opposite sex.
  • Siderodromophobia Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
  • Siderophobia Fear of stars.
  • Sinistrophobia Fear of things to the left, left
  • Sinophobia Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. OK. Confirmed. There ARE people who fear me. =(
  • Sitophobia or Sitiophobia Fear of food or eating.
  • Snakephobia Fear of snakes.
  • Soceraphobia Fear of parents
  • Social Phobia Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
  • Sociophobia Fear of society or people in general.
  • Somniphobia Fear of sleep.
  • Sophophobia Fear of learning.
  • Soteriophobia Fear of dependence on others.
  • Spacephobia Fear of outer space.
  • Spectrophobia Fear of specters or ghosts.
  • Spermatophobia or Spermophobia Fear of germs.
  • Spheksophobia Fear of wasps.
  • Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia Fear of standing or walking.
  • Staurophobia Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
  • Stenophobia Fear of narrow things or places.
  • Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia Fear of hell.
  • Suriphobia Fear of mice.
  • Symbolophobia Fear of symbolism.
  • Symmetrophobia Fear of symmetry.
  • Syngenesophobia Fear of relatives.
  • Syphilophobia Fear of syphilis.
  • Tachophobia Fear of speed.
  • Taeniophobia or Teniophobia Fear of tapeworms.
  • Taphephobia Taphophobia Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries. Who enjoys being buried alive?
  • Tapinophobia Fear of being contagious.
  • Taurophobia Fear of bulls.
  • Technophobia Fear of technology.
  • Teleophobia 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
  • Telephonophobia Fear of telephones.
  • Teratophobia Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
  • Testophobia Fear of taking tests.
  • Tetanophobia Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
  • Teutophobia Fear of German or German things.
  • Textophobia Fear of certain fabrics.
  • Thaasophobia Fear of sitting.
  • Thalassophobia Fear of the sea.
  • Thanatophobia or Thantophobia Fear of death or dying.
  • Theatrophobia Fear of theatres. WHY WHY WHY? Theatre is so cool!!
  • Theologicophobia Fear of theology.
  • Theophobia Fear of gods or religion.
  • Thermophobia Fear of heat.
  • Tocophobia Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
  • Tomophobia Fear of surgical operations.
  • Tonitrophobia Fear of thunder.
  • Topophobia Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
  • Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
  • Traumatophobia Fear of injury.
  • Tremophobia Fear of trembling.
  • Trichinophobia Fear of trichinosis.
  • Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia or Hypertrichophobia Fear of hair.
  • Triskaidekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Not Colgate people. =)
  • Tropophobia Fear of moving or making changes.
  • Trypanophobia Fear of injections.
  • Tuberculophobia Fear of tuberculosis.
  • Tyrannophobia Fear of tyrants.
  • Uranophobia Fear of heaven.
  • Urophobia Fear of urine or urinating. huh? How to pee then?
  • Vaccinophobia Fear of vaccination.
  • Venustraphobia Fear of beautiful women.
  • Verbophobia Fear of words.
  • Verminophobia Fear of germs.
  • Vestiphobia Fear of clothing.
  • Virginitiphobia Fear of rape.
  • Vitricophobia Fear of stepfathers
  • Walloonphobia Fear of the Walloons.
  • Wiccaphobia Fear of witches and witchcraft.
  • Xanthophobia Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
  • Xenoglossophobia Fear of foreign languages.
  • Xenophobia Fear of strangers or foreigners.
  • Xerophobia Fear of dryness.
  • Xylophobia 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
  • Xyrophobia Fear of razors.
  • Zemmiphobia Fear of the great mole rat.
  • Zeusophobia Fear of God or gods.
  • Zoophobia Fear of animals.


I can't believe I finished reading through the entire list. -.-" Did you?


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