blennophobia

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

• blennophobe

References

• “blennophobia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.