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Immi666 | 02:08 Sun 25th Sep 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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anyone know what the phobia of slugs and snails is called?
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Perhaps Blennophobia or Myxophobia. Possibly Gastropodiaphobia...
02:19 Sun 25th Sep 2005
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Slugnsnailophobia?
09:28 Sun 25th Sep 2005
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As Clanad indicates above, phobia-names are made up from the appropriate Greek root-word. On that basis - 'snail' being 'saligkari' - I suggest 'saligkariphobia' for the snail aspect at least.
09:39 Sun 25th Sep 2005
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The first place I looked was
http://www.phobialist.com/
but I think Clanad beat me too it! (Incidentally, his suggestions of Blennophobia or Myxophobia both mean 'fear of slime').

A bit more searching, however, led me to this site:
http://www.shagtech.com/features/phobias.html
Here the term MOLLUSCOPHOBIA is coined for the fear of slugs & snails. (There is also a claim that the actor Steve Martin suffers from it!)

Chris
22:54 Mon 26th Sep 2005
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Hang on a minute!
I just typed 'too' instead of 'to'. For some reason I keep doing that!

Does anyone know the name for a fear of spelling mistakes?

Chris
22:56 Mon 26th Sep 2005
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A literallergy :-)
00:06 Tue 27th Sep 2005
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How about cacographophobia, Buenchico?
15:47 Tue 27th Sep 2005

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