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A phobia is an irrational fear or hatred of a specific thing or situation which compels one to avoid it despite awareness and reassurance that the object or situation is not dangerous. Listed below are the names and definitions of six phobias. Five are real phobias documented in psychology journals, while one is an imposter. Can you determine which one from the list below is not a real phobia?
Trichopathophobia - Fear of hair
Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law
Aibohphobia - Fear of Palindromes
Doraphobia - Fear of fur or skins of animals
Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers.
Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of certain names.
Trichopathophobia - Fear of hair
Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law
Aibohphobia - Fear of Palindromes
Doraphobia - Fear of fur or skins of animals
Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers.
Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of certain names.
Hint
Look at the words carefully.Answer
Aibohphobia is not a real, documented phobia; it is actually a joke started on the Internet. It has not appeared in any documented psychology journal. The joke, of course, is that the word Aibohphobia is a palindrome.The title is part of a quote on fear from the book Dune, by Frank Herbert.
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cute, clever. not too bad a puzzle, really.
Great one! I got it right, but for the wrong reason. I was thinking that the letter before the 'p' in 'phobia' was an 'a' or an 'o' in the other words. I figured it must not be real
Good Job! I did not get it right, but it was sure fun. I got a kick out of the fear of mother in law.. I knew that one was real!!!
Good one dude! I got it right, for once in my life. lol!
Great and informative teaser! Now, which phobia do I have?
I loved it and, as you know, loved the quote as well. Keep them coming!
I can see it now...
"Pentheraphobian, Pentheraphobian, watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when yourmotherinlawcomesoverfordinner?"
*cough* anyways...
Great teaser irish! Absolutely spectacular!
"Pentheraphobian, Pentheraphobian, watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when yourmotherinlawcomesoverfordinner?"
*cough* anyways...
Great teaser irish! Absolutely spectacular!
nice one ilikeed that one keep them coming
Great teaser!! I got it only because it just looked too weird to be a phobia!! Nice job!!
I give ya an A++
Yay! I thought this one was good. Also, you finally got the next star up! Good job thistle. Keep it up!
That was wonderful!
Good one, even though I guessed wrong. After seeing nswer, made perfect sense. Thanks and keep them coming.
Well Churchlady beat me in as the first on this posting date as I went back to see the author. Great one irishthistle. I guess I have phobias about phobias but was able to guess at this one and get it right. Keep up the great work.
Boohoob, I didn't get it! I've heard of such ridiculous phobias that I figured fear of palindromes wasn't any weirder than the rest of them. And fear of computers, i forget: logizo mechano or something, that looks totally made up to me! You just never know! Thanks!
well you either knew o r not looked themover finaly got it for the wrong reason.?id=27887#sers/comment.php?id=27887#
Very cute. I like Palindromes but I missed that one.
Great job! I thought it was Pentheraphobia, because a fear of a mother-in-law seems pretty rational to me...haha...
I got it right hope you do more
Good one !! I didnt get it right, but i was also thinking along the lines of what WJSMama said !! great job on this one!
good one got it right away
I guessed the computer one also, just seemed a little far-fetched, not the fear, but the name! Anyway, nice teaser..got me thinking!
Well, I'm feeling smarter and smarter every day, this is two in a row that I've gotten right now!!
WOOT! I'm on a roll!!
Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I really enjoyed this one!!
WOOT! I'm on a roll!!
Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I really enjoyed this one!!
Awesome! Great Job! I loved it!
I'm with Lorelle on this one...thought it was too off the wall to be a real named phobia. Great job.
Aibohphobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of palindromes (words that read the same both forwards and backwards; i.e. mom, dad, wow, noon. i just did not get it
good teaser, but a simple one...I'm a psych major. Unfortunately I suffer from arachnophobia...spiders freak me out.
I knew all of them just from researching sites of possible phobias. The one that gets me is the fear of long words: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. I'd be scared of that word if I were afraid of long words.
That's the way I like them!
I loved it! I'm pretty happy with the answer, because I wouldn't want people to be afraid of my name!! Haha, my name is Anna. Well anyway, I really liked the teaser, it's going on my favorites list!
I wanted to vote 3, but can't give full credit to an adapted joke.
yes you can
Good one BUT way over my head. I must have HEADOPHOBIA!!!!!!
neat
I don't get it!!!
still good 1!!!!!
still good 1!!!!!
GOT IT ,BUT... IT TOOK A WHILE.. GOT THE BRAIN WORKING SO EARLY IN THE MORNING.
Great teaser, but I didn't get it.
I loved it. I am one of the lucky ones - no fear of my mother in law - I actually like her.
I FOUND ALL BUT #4 AND OF COURSE #3 WASN'T A TRUE PHOBIA. GREAT JOB IRISHTHISTLE
KEEP UP THE GOOD FEARS ER...PHOBIAS
KEEP UP THE GOOD FEARS ER...PHOBIAS
Here are a few more phobias that
are NOT real ... but COULD BE ! ! !
Trichopathopentheraphobia ... fear
of your mother-in-laws hair.
Onomatopentheraphobia ... fear of hearing the words ... "Your mother-in-law is coming over to
stay."
are NOT real ... but COULD BE ! ! !
Trichopathopentheraphobia ... fear
of your mother-in-laws hair.
Onomatopentheraphobia ... fear of hearing the words ... "Your mother-in-law is coming over to
stay."
Ha!! I got it right!! Isn't psychology fascinating!?!
Hehe that was cool. I love reading about that kind of stuff.
not that good
I love it! In my favorites, and kudos to you for educational (somewhat ) Anywho, I love learning about phobias, so I love this (now watch my spell phobia wrong )
Good times!
Good times!
So far today, 2 for 2, baby! Yesssss!!
I WAS TOO SCARED TO GUESS THE ANSWER
i got it but beacause the word was the same thing spelled backwards and i just guessed that one
Great one! I thought it was Trichopathophobia..."Trich+ = "Trick"...obviously way off
Too easy ...even for me.
Good teaser ... it's enough to give you triviaphobia!
I completely missed this one and I love palindromes
Cute, really cute!!
Very Clever - thanks! I really liked this one!
I'm batting -0- the last several teasers. Gotta get my thinking cap repaired.
great one iguessed it hoorah...
I didn't guess right, but thats HILARIOUS!
Great Teaser! ^_^
Great Teaser! ^_^
interesting,but easy
I guessed it but not because I really knew it!! I was thinking along the same line as WJSMama and it turned out to be the right one! Good job though!!
Thought I had it for sure, but wrong!Loved it though,
I recognized all the others but one, darn it!
Fear is the mind killer... Good Job!
I thought it was a bit easy, but it was still very fun! I really want more of those kinds of teasers.
Thanks to the new phobia quizzes in the new Braingle Trivia section, I aced this test!
Fun and funny teaser!
Fun and funny teaser!
Stuck out like a sore thumb. Good one.
Fun fun fun. I guessed all wrong. I thought it was the last one cuz it sounds like "Oh no my toe"phobia. But that was wrong. But it woulda been extra funny if it were right. ok. enuf rambling from me. Good Job!
haha. great one. that really made me laugh. was to scared to answer though! don't be afraid to post more!
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Magnificently Superb Teaser! It did quite a few people to think about each topic...... hmm?!?! Keep them coming! They are fun to just run through the mind. Thank goodness, I don't have a photographic memory!
Awww, geez, I hate it when the answer is so obvious...once you look at it!!! Good one!
i thought it was hard! i guessed and was wrong! oops! loved it though! i love learing about phobias!!!
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Wow. I should have seen that one coming. Very enjoyable.
very nice... had to look at the answer though!
I don't know if it matters but I found it because the last letter before -phobia was not a voul... however the reasoning in the answer is not very good because Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words, and as I am sure you can guess that is a loooonnnnnnnnngggggggg word!!!
I love it ! Its so clever i would have never have guessed!
IT WAS EXCITING
Darn, I was sure Aibohphobia would have to be real, because of Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. I was equally sure that Logizomechanophobia had to be the false one, because it just sounded goofy. I guess I didn't notice the hph in it... oh well!
Cool one!
First time through, the only one I could see as real was the last one; since I know what onomatopoeia is, I could understand the related phobia. It was the second time through that I noticed aibohphobia was itself a palindrome & so voila! the answer. Way funny!
This coming from an acrophobic/claustrophobic!!
First time through, the only one I could see as real was the last one; since I know what onomatopoeia is, I could understand the related phobia. It was the second time through that I noticed aibohphobia was itself a palindrome & so voila! the answer. Way funny!
This coming from an acrophobic/claustrophobic!!
I'm "afraid" I don't know enough about the various phobias out there to get this one right, but had fun learning some new phobotrivia! Thanks for submitting.
really good when it said look at the WORDS carefully i thought it meant te onomaiphobia good work
The teasers lately suffer from REPEATAPHOBIA.
Blah....
Got it but not because I saw it was a palindrome! Good one!
I liked it
Goof job!!
Goof job!!
Acutally, this is the first time I saw this one. But I got it because I love pallindromes (with letters or numbers) and I noticed it right away. Also enjoyed learning the other words. Thanks for a fun teaser!
Whoops! I meant palindromes
(spelling error).
(spelling error).
Isn't it funny how you can completely forget a teaser. I guess I did this one before, but do not remember it at all. But I got it right, and it was a good one.
I got it, but only because I did not recognize it as having seen it before. I did not think it was such a good teaser and found it to be a rather ho hum subject!
I liked this post - good one! Thanks CB - That was a lovely compliment
I got it! Haha, after I looked at the hint that is. After I went back and looked I was like ohhh haha that's funny
Feb 05, 2013
Got it! Seemed to cruel to make the name of the fear of palindromes a palindrome Then again... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.... Oh well
Funny and fun a very different teaser.
I of course didn't get it right.
I of course didn't get it right.
I liked this one! And I don't remember it.
I liked this one! And I don't remember it.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got this one very quickly.
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