Wah! Get That Away From Me!

Welcome to another installment of the Lexicon Negimalevolentarium! :) Any idea what I'll be talking about today, just from looking at the title? No? Well lemme put you out of your misery, today, I'm going to talk about fear.


We can talk about people as being fearless all the time, especially characters from films, but lets focus on reality here: Nobody is truly fearless, some people have a lot of fears, others have few, and some people think they're fearless but just haven't been in a situation where they've been afraid yet, they're a lot like allergies come to think of it, I mean, my Nan has 27 of those... Oh, but that's a family in joke and now I can never show Nan my blog, not like I was ever going to anyway, I mean, if she saw this I can just imagine her saying "Oh, you shouldn't be using language like that, I remember back in my day we... (continues for 50 minutes, repeats)" Now there's something to be afraid of >_< ANYWAY! I'm loosing the track here so let's carry on. :P

The word 'phobia' stands for 'irrational fear', so the most common phobia everyone knows - Arachnophobia - is the 'Irrational fear of spiders'. So here's another definition for you, 'irrational' means 'Not logical', so Arachnophobia actually translates to 'Illogical fear of spiders' but quite frankly, I don't agree with that. If you asked me, I'd say it's perfectly logical for some people to be afraid of spiders, those things can KILL you! D: Oh and by the way, I have 'Apiphobia', the fear of bees as I mentioned in my post about insects.

Here's an arcade game I'm fond of dropping a couple of pounds into: 'Let's go Jungle! Lost on the Island of Spice', and this is the first boss, a giant tarantula. Oh and it's tough and flippin' terrifying! D:

People have different reactions to their fears, some people just do there best to avoid them, like people with 'acrophobia' (the fear of heights) will try and stay away from tall buildings because the thought of being up them makes them feel sick. Speaking of, nausea, or sickness, is another common symptom of encountering a fear, but I think the most common reaction is my reaction to my fears... I get the f*** out of there as fast as I bloody well can! D: Run Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa *breathes* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy D:

Didn't i tell you there is a great view up here? *shoves*

Still, I guess the one thing I can't get over is just how they name these fears, I mean, sure most just come from taking the Greek and Latin words meaning whatever the fear is, and sticking the word 'phobia' on the end - but surely, some people are just having a laugh with these things. Let's take an example, the fear of long words is 'Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia', now that's just being cruel, but at least this time, putting phobia on the end is reasonable. Every time I think of someone with the fear of long words, all I can think of is how unfortunate they must be, being unable to watch 'Mary Poppins'

The film Mary Poppins introduced us to the word 'Supercalifragalisticexpialidocious', I just feel sorry for anyone with the fear of long words that went to see it at the cinema xD

So from Irrational fears to stupid and irrational fears, I'd just like to talk about some of the more pointless fears that people have had. For starters, we have papaphobia or 'fear of the pope', now i have no idea who would be afraid of a crazy old guy that either sits down all day or stands up preaching in front of a bunch of Italians and tourists - though I must admit I feel sorry for any Catholics with that fear. There's also 'triskaidekaphobia' for all the superstitious people out there, and that' fear of the number 13, and while I'm at it, the fear of the number '666' is 'Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia'. And one last one, just to mention, 'Parthenophobia' is the fear of virgins or young girls. Now before you say anything, the reason I mentioned that last one is to tell you about my plan to harness the energy of 'Parthenophobia' and bottle it into a perfume which I will claim makes the wearer more sexually attractive to small children, and then sell it to pedophiles, but in reality, it will make them ridiculously afraid of small children and there will never be another child rape again!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH *Ahem* :) *innocent smile*

Inter-dimensional hotels with floating floors - the place to stay if you don't like the number 13, we screwed the 13th floor over, so you don't have to ;)

So I guess it's time for me to bring this installment to a close (>>SAY: 'AWW'<<), but I might as well tell you all the things I'm afraid of, all of my 'phobias', I'm sure you'll get a good kick out of it, heck maybe you'll be able to sympathize with me a bit :) Who knows, maybe I have the same fears as you? Well let's take a look:
Apiphobia - Fear of bees
Anuptaphobia - Fear of remaining single
Catagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed
Cynophobia - Fear of dogs
Dentophobia - Fear of dentists
Odontophobia - Fear of dental surgery
Odynophobia - Fear of pain
Polyphobia - Fear of many things


... Whoa... Didn't realize the list was that big D: Well anyway, now it's time to wrap it up, so just remember, next time you come across a fear, and think 'Holy shit! I'm outta here!' just remember this image:

So now it's time for my 'What if' of the day:

WHAT IF: Everyone in the world had phobophobia (Fear of phobias)?

Until next time, my scared little kitties :)

~Negi~