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blennophobe

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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blennophobe (plural blennophobes)

  1. (rare) A person who has blennophobia.
    • 2005, Terry Owens, Extreme Marriage Mastering the Ever-Changing, Life-Long Adventure[1], page 220:
      If the thought of crab-walking with an oozing, mucous-like mud sucking at your boots and gloves makes you think that caving might not be the sport for you, you might be a blennophobe, someone who is afraid of slime.
    • 2010, Bill Thunder, The Bastardizer[2], page 31:
      'Welcome,' he oozes, and it's perhaps as well I'm no blennophobe because he's one slimy fuckbucket.
    • 2011, Joel Levy, Phobiapedia: All the Things We Fear the Most![3], page 61:
      This strange organism is created when millions of single-celled animals come together to form a slimy puddle—not good for a blennophobe.