Meaning of mageiricophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

Fear of cooking, a powerful fear of preparing food.

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Examples

“Our own⟳ feeling about thirteen, especially when joined with Friday, has added another to the long list of phobias; treiskaidekaphobia, or "fear of the number⟳ thirteen" (some of the other phobias are the well-known claustro-, acro-, and agora-, fear of being closed in, of heights, of open⟳ spaces, respectively; less known are ailurophobia, "fear of cats," iatrophobia, "fear of doctors," nucleomitotophobia,^([sic]) "fear of atomic bombs," mageiricophobia, "fear of having to cook⟳," and, recalling FDR, phobophobia, "fear of fear itself.")”

“I was quite excited when I came across "mageiricophobia"—an intense fear of having to cook⟳. Perhaps I wasn't just lazy after all—perhaps I had a phobia! It took no more than a half-minute of reasoning to shoot⟳ down that theory. My phobia, if there is one, is not fear but a series of lacks: lack of interest⟳, of enthusiasm, of talent.”

“Ah, Thanksgiving Day is next week... So Mageiricophobia is ablaze again and I've determined its cause: The mental and physical strain⟳ of menu planning and the constant contact⟳ with place⟳ setting arrangements, pots and pans, slicing, dicing and stuffing turkeys, only to witness food evaporation in mere minutes with a bigger mess to clean⟳ up afterwards.”

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