Saturday, December 27, 2008

What's your phobia?

Most of us do fear something...

Even Achilles, a Greek hero of Trojan War, he did fear that his heels would be hit by an arrow...
"Achilles' heel"

Just like a Chinese proverb says, "Once you're bitten by a snake, forever you'll be afraid of rope".
Luckily there was no driving test during his time, or else he will never pass his test...

We may call this one kind of phobia...perhaps in this case, we might say that Achilles' having "arrow-phobia"...

There are so many phobias outside the world...
Some of the commons ones are...

Acrophobia - fear of height
Claustrophobia - fear of confined area


Radiophobia - fear of radio??

However there are some phobias that my common sense just couldn't convince me...
Tetraphobia - fear of number 4

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - oh shit, fear of long word
Case #1
Doctor: I think you've got pneumonoultramicroscopic...(breath in)...silicovolcanoconiosis

Case #2
Lopado­temakho­selakho­galeo­kranio­...(breath in)..leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­kata...(breath in x2)...kekhy­meno­kikhl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opto­kephallio­kig...(C'mon...you can do it...breath in again)...klo­peleio­lagōio­siraio­baphē­tragano­pterýgōn
Hurray, You've made it !!

Somniphobia - fear of sleep

Everyone does have a weakness
Mine? Erm...perhaps necrophobia
Why? Maybe I'm thirsty for success

How about you?
What's your phobia?

2 comments:

~Live Life~ said...

Wait...are all these term fictional? Don't 误导 me...haha...

Hmmm...what is my phobia??

My phobia should be NOPHOBIA...wakaka...=P

Rhuyann said...

no lah...im not that creative to coin the word "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia"..haha