blennophobia

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βλέννος (blénnos, mucus, slime) + -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, fear).

Noun

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blennophobia (uncountable)

  1. (very rare) The irrational fear of slime.
    • 2002, Kate White, If Looks Could Kill[1], Warner Books, Inc., →ISBN:
      "Well, maybe what you've really got is blennophobia — fear of slime," he said.
    • 2003, Joanne M. Friedman, It's a Horse's Life!: Advice and Observations for the Humans Who Choose to Share It, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40:
      He approaches with snurffly sounds and a twitching nose, and your blennophobia (fear of slime) kicks in, producing a hurried word of encouragement and a carrot.
    • 2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb, Greystone Books, →ISBN, page 208:
      Oh, they seem to be the picture of contentment, tripping about with their triple-sanitized trowels and weeding forks, but in reality these neatniks are a seething cauldron of aversions. They're beset by blennophobia, the fear of slime, and spend long hours plotting the annihilation of slugs and snails.
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