What does blennophobia mean?
Blennophobia means (very rare) The irrational fear of slime..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(very rare) The irrational fear of slime..
"Well, maybe what you've really got is blennophobia — fear of slime," he said.
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.
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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Blennophobia means (very rare) The irrational fear of slime..
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"Well, maybe what you've really got is blennophobia — fear of slime," he said.
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