arachibutyrophobia

English

Etymology

From Latin arachis (“peanut”) + butyro- (“butter”) +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

arachibutyrophobia (uncountable)

1. (humorous, rare) Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth.
   • 1977 March 31, Ball State Daily News, page 4:

     Odds and ends I've come across in the course of an education: That arachibutyrophobia is an unnatural fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. I have no idea how many people suffer from this.

   • 1981, John E. Readence, Thomas W. Bean, R. Scott Baldwin, Content Area Reading: An Integrated Approach, →ISBN, page 67:

     Her ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA had been getting worse lately. She finally chose a jar of creamy style peanut butter, knowing it would never be opened once she got it home.

   • 2003, Richard Waters, Phobias: Fear and Loathing Revealed and Explained, →ISBN:

     Do you suffer from Arachibutyrophobia? Or does peanut butter just freak you out?

   • 2005, Lawana Blackwell, A Table By the Window, →ISBN:

     He took a bite of sandwich, chewed, and grinned at her. "Arachibutyrophobia. Look it up."

   • 2006, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom, →ISBN, page 88:

     Look, if people can suffer from arachibutyrophobia, which is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth, then I have no doubt there's a clinical name for being afraid to leave your baby with a sitter for a half hour while you run to 7-Eleven.

   • 2012, Manish Gupta, English Bites!, →ISBN:

     Imagine the situation had this bear suffered from arachibutyrophobia!

   • 2013, John Connolly, The Creeps: A Samuel Johnson Adventure, →ISBN, page 51:

     Similarly, arachibutyrophobia, the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, can probably be dealt with by not eating peanut butter, or just eating it carefully.

   • 2015, James Egan, 100 Ways to Stop Sabotaging Your Life, →ISBN, page 70:

     Arachibutyrophobia—fear of peanut butter being stuck to the top of your mouth. [...] Trust me when I say there is a fear of everything.