Meaning of blennophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The irrational fear of slime.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“"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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