Scared of this? You must be lutraphobi


	Scared of this? You must be lutraphobi

michellezm

1-11-2008 12:18 AM

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1-11-2008 8:55 AM

mickfinn

I suffer from

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-
llantysiliogogogoch-phobia

Mainly because I can't pronounce it !

1-11-2008 10:49 AM

michellezm

That makes two of us Mick.

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If the sight of a very long word makes you rigid with terror, look away now. <P> 
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</P><P>For the correct term for such a condition is, ironically, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. 
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</P><P>The tongue-twister is just one of hundreds of phobias on a list compiled by New Scientist magazine with the help of its readers. 
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</P><P>They range from the relatively reasonable to the completely bizarre. 
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</P><P>There are probably plenty out there, for instance, who suffer from nucleomituphobia, the abnormal fear or hatred of nuclear weapons. 
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