What do you call a phobia? - Qi - BBC

[vukeidge]

Anatidaephobia - The fear, that a duck is always watching you.

[TheBlueReptile]

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia - the fear of long words.

Do the guys who make this stuff up enjoy screwing with people?

[Etrajbe]

@TheBlueReptile they dont "make it up".

[TheRationalRant]

Phobaphobia = fear of phobias. get your head around that mindfuck.

[pottermaniac4292]

@OlleLindestad Hippos are big and monsters are scary, so you could say that everything leading up to "-phobia" means "big scary long words".

[drplbiftin]

phobias dot com doesn't work :(

[NightBlade081]

I still love Anatidaephobia. Which is the fear that a duck is watching you.

[anniebabez1]

@Kaizerworks It's Ironic if I say it is, K? ;)

[Oafing]

Is there a phobia of developing a phobia? Phobiaphobia?

[Pager1991]

@Oafing think about that for a second

[Oafing]

@Pager1991 I have. I think you should think about it for more than a second as well. I did not say that someone did not already have a phobia, but scared of developing a new one. You are also believing that the human thought process is rational and logical. Of course it would be illogical to think someone would be scared of being scared, but someone at some point will be scared of being scared of something more. Crippling anxiety.

[Pager1991]

@Oafing If you have a phobia of developing a phobia, you already that phobia.

[Oafing]

@Pager1991 I didn't say it was the persons first phobia. Or that it was any phobia. Say a someone had a lot of dogs, they could be scared that one day a dog bites them and they become fearful of dogs.

[IJVin]

@Oafing So maybe they have cynophobiaphobia. I'm not trying to start trouble, just contribute to a discussion.

[spacecowboy5000]

@IJVin Which gives rise to the fear of not being able to pronounce your phobia. ;)

[Kitlun79]

aibohpphobia - The fear of palindromes (I may have made that up)

[flyingemu98]

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias -_____-

[superhamzah85]

Phoebephobia - the fear of Lisa Kudrow

[Orangemongoose1]

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow

[MrLittletomdj]

Nucleomituphobia - Fear of nuclear weapons

Omphalophobia - Fear of belly buttons

Papaphobia - Fear of the Pope

Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat!!



[YoNiQe]

@MrLittletomdj Fear of nuclear weapons? how is that a disorder? -.-

[StaraziaSelin66]

we actually had to pick ten strange or interesting phobias for extra credit in English...i think we all ended up using the site that Alan talks about. i hadn't even seen this yet?

[gyqz]

And the mothership : Phobophobia.

[UphamE]

Medomalacuphobia - the fear of losing an erection.

[EmeraldFireNinja273]

Ithyphallophobia... the fear of erect penises :)

[Naddig74]

The fear of having peanut butter stick to the roof of one's mouth is Arachbuttyrophobia.

[ZenDMiles]

I noticed that Bill snuck a bit of his standup in there.

[95Tezza95]

I thought Tauros was a pokemon? 

[slightlygothic666]

@95Tezza95 How do you think it got its name.

[baldurus1]

Poor Sean, it just all goes flying over his dumb little head. Maybe he shouldn't be on QI, maybe there's a program more suited for his intellectual handicap. Like big brother.

[Flozzer905]

@baldurus1 Your actually the dumb one here. Sean isn't actually that stupid, he just acts like it to make jokes.

[baldurus1]

@Flozzer905 Then he shouldn't be on a show that is primarily meant to be funny, if he can't actually be funny.

[tom1161]

@baldurus1 Sean is hilarious.

[TTTBOTWWW]

I still love how Aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes.

[DaTux91]

Phobophobia: the fear of fear.

You can make a loop with that: phobophobophobophobia = the fear of fearing the fear of fear.

[Shany463]

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

[kevoross99]

hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­phobia ??? thats just given me a fear of long words lol

[ElavatedRumble]

Feefiphobia - the fear of giants

[Wicked1506]

Thumbs up when you checked if the site is real and searched for the phobia of peanut butter sticking to the top of your mouth!

[Shougunner]

Who here actually googled phobias.com to find that the site was shut down?

[RedQueen112]

Ambulophobia - Fear of walking.

[ksmksm97]

Oneirogmophobia - Fear of wet dreams

[doombybbr]

phobophobia "the only thing to fear is fear itself"

[ginaisgogo]

love that Alan looked so happy before Stephen trumped him

[TheCosmicArmadillo]

Pantophobia - The fear of pants... and everything else. The fear of everything basically.

[madcon2re]

hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­fobi - the fear for long words

[gargalfargl]

@madcon2re

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! DAMN IT!!! I was totally going to say that and sound smart :(

[3Nex]

Imagine if you had a phobia of having a phobia

[BanginTunes1]

@3Nex there is actually a phobia of phobias.. tis fairly amusing jsut imagining someone with that phobia..

[gargalfargl]

@BanginTunes1

And right now, I have a phobia of your spelling and grammar.

[DeadlyAntenna]

Levophobia - fear of things on the left side of your body.

[GrubieNL]

Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

[3Nex]

@GrubieNL having any of those fears or having all of them would qualify as having the phobia? Cause if it's any, all women have that.

[thebritish25]

Ovophobia- The Fear that the Eggs our after you

[George19881988]

Gephyrophobia - fear of bridges.

[Book7BrokeMyBrain]

@George19881988 What, like Jeff and Beau? Yeah, I can see that.

[veggiluver]

Aibohphobia- the fear of palindromes.

[GreenPlatypusBaby]

who else decided to type in phobias (dot) com

[anniebabez1]

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia = FEAR OF LONG WORDS. How ironic is that?! haha :P

[gsmazy]

@anniebabez1 hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­phobia* you must have the fear of long words

[SmexiiLisa]

@anniebabez1 you do know that that phobia is completely made up right?

(sorry for replying like 2 months after ur post) ;P

[RaiohTheHunter]

@anniebabez1 Lisp has an S in it.

[thewgmsbox]

@anniebabez1 actually the correct term is Sesquipedalophobia

[TMOMFXD]

@anniebabez1 i dont think it's ironic, just a cruel joke

[Kaizerworks]

@anniebabez1

[Kaizerworks]

@anniebabez1 Disregard the blank comment, as I must say IT'S A COINCIDENCE, NOT IRONIC.

[Drag0nfoxx]

@Kaizerworks coincidences can be ironic

[leebibbmmo]

@anniebabez1 Its the same for having a Lisp. When you cant say "S"

[MrZhabadasher]

@anniebabez1 Its not ironic if its done on purpose.

[OlleLindestad]

@anniebabez1 Not very, it's obviously on purpose. :P "sesquipedalian" does pertain to long words, but the rest is nonsense. What do hippos and monsters have to do with anything?

[freshpbluessoul]

alan has Centophobia

[oneworldfamily]

Not necessarily Anneka - the peanut butter (being a lipid-based substance) is ultimately hydrophobic whereas the water is of course hydrophilic. Getting those two to mix enough to get the peanut butter off the roof of your mouth is a tough call.

[animeyaoilover92]

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

[eddieoxford]

Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of 666

[CDPuffer]

Lutraphobia- Fear of otters. LOL

[mrybthmy]

Clourophobia=Fear of clowns

[WolfEyesatNight]

I have a phobia of to many w w w staked together.

[Terrarian96]

Chaetophobia - Fear of hair...

[DaKittamiau]

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.

Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.



[irwellsteam]

Antidaephobia - the fear that, somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you

[DCdabest]

@irwellsteam

Larson reference!! :D

[andrewfink1]

@irwellsteam Gary Larson?

[Scheffie88]

@irwellsteam anAtidaephobia, actually

[YoNiQe]

@irwellsteam  *Anatidaephobia

[Cradily8000]

90% of the comments in this video are people typing phobias...

[Goldendroid]

There is actually a phobia of peeing and pee itself... Urophobia.

Stand near the toilet and start peeing...

"OH THE HORROR!"

[HeyHeyDoYouLikeTacos]

Anatidaephobia. The fear of somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.



[seitenshow]

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[Bananana44]

what's the name of the fear of not being able to find the receipt for a faulty item?

[IAmTheMohawkWarrior]

Phobophobophobia = Fear of fearing phobias...? xD

[TheRationalRant]

Phobophobia = fear of Phobias, no joke.

[BS4Tactful]

I love how alan mentions visiting a website with an alphabetised list of every single phobia, then mentions two phobias beginning with A.

[Cleo4696]

phobophobia = fear of fear

[nubzaquer]

Omphalophobia is the fear of bellybuttons.

[RelativelyHostile1]

@nubzaquer lol thats awkward because everyone has a bellybutton, including the person with the phobia

[TWToxicity]

aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes!

[TimMeijerDoctor]

@TWToxicity Do you happen to own the Devil's Dictionary? It's one of the jokes in there. :)

[TWToxicity]

@TimMeijerDoctor No I don't but it seems the sort of thing I need. Thanks!

[TimMeijerDoctor]

@TWToxicity It's by Ambrose Bierce, and it's still available on Amazon. You might want to check it out first, it was very hard for me to understand. That being said, I'm not a Native English speaker...

[gothjellybean]

i have a phobia..Xanthophobia

[jonimaher]

Hmm. I don't know if some things should be called phobias when they're not all that serious. For example, the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth--I've been calling it "don't look at me while I'm eating; I'm just being weird". Same goes for the fear of choking to death on bread if I chew with my mouth closed. Bet they haven't got a fancy name for that one.

[TimMeijerDoctor]

@jonimaher I remember the peanut butter one: Arachibutyrophobia. I don't think there's a name for the 'choking on bread' one.

[toolworks]

Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.

What an absurd fear.

[shamalot44]

commentahomophopia - fear of gay comments

[TimMeijerDoctor]

@shamalot44 Commentahomophonia: Fear of using homophones.

[kealen619]

Domatophobia - Fear of houses or being in a house

[qetuoljgdaxvbm]

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering (Yoda, a long time ago).

[revilo314]

diverberophobia:

fear of dubstep

negrofiliacoitointerruptophobi­a:

Fear of finding your daughter sleeping with a black man.

[Sammyy46]

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666

[patrick43215]

arachnohomophobia - fear of gay spiders

[TheMaebious]

Chromophobia - The fear of colour. If u have that... ur fucked :L

[greatsayain]

this is the first time i've ever heard anyone broadcast that homophobia is actually fear of homosexuals rather than hate. it doesn't make sense.

[CorvusCorone68]

@greatsayain homophobes can fear or hate, phobia is related to both; they tend to have this idea that gay men want to rape them

[BritishAlienCompany]

What do you call a phobia? Brian? x

[Darthmas2242]

Ballistaphobia - fear of bullet/flying objects :3

[BadWolfRose2007]

the phobia most known because of its irony:

Hippopotomonstrousaequipodalio­phobia - fear of long words :)

Also:

Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes.

[BadWolfRose2007]

@BadWolfRose2007 Although, I've just realised everyone has already written the top one and one of them have also used the bottom one.

Before anyone has a go at me like they usually do :/

[weatherallc05]

@BadWolfRose2007 yeah u done eating a dictionary sad twat

[DragonNexus]

17 people have a phobia of the Like button and thumbs pointing up.

[kvc431]

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

[14DEADSOUL]

Teutophobia- Fear of Germany or German things.

[SLASHdaROCKER]

Keanuphobia - fear of Keanu Reeves

[Narsuaq]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia

-Fear of Long Words

Dont believe me? Look it up.

[LovetteCher]

@Narsuaq

I love that phobia name.

[Narsuaq]

@LovetteCher Brilliant isn't it.

[LovetteCher]

@Narsuaq

I like to think the creator had a patient he hated, and used the word excessively when treating him. :D

[Narsuaq]

@LovetteCher Cruel but awesome to think that. =D

[saphira1001]

luposlipaphobia - a fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a round table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.

[TheOneAndOnly10000]

p h o b i a l i s t com is the actual website. Most useful.

Also, am I the only one who has noticed that the logarithmic spiral/ golden rectangle is actually wrong? Or am I wrong?

[VariedLyrics]

Dutchphobia...

Fear of the Dutch.

[ChrisTohFer]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­phobia.

The fear of long words.

[vittalp88]

Aibohphopbia - Fear of palindromes. If you understood the name give me a thumbs up.

[MCkillU]

Everyone has Chuckophobia : the fear of being round house kicked by a chin.

[PinkRob0t]

If you want to see the website that alan mentions, go to phobialist . com instead.

[moleman1996]

Hobophobia is a fear of the homeless...

[bottlecapsandgorilla]

I wish King Arthur would just fuck off and die

[STUNTS1516]

@bottlecapsandgorilla

?..

[buffaloface1]

the website didnt have the list

[SirrSnowman]

Anneka rice is so ugly

[XtremeFluX]

Who else paused the video at about 1:00 to go to the phobias website, only to find a badly constructed scam website? :D:D

[IrishRhavin]

@XtremeFluX the real one is phobialist it seems

[ElavatedRumble]

thumbs up if strait after you are going to phobias.com

[Haggzstar]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedialio­phobia - fear of long words, there's a shortened version somewhere too

[C4H7NO4]

Arachibutyrophilia?

[101markus]

Negropedainducophobia - fear of black socks

Makfelsitinatistidasphobia - fear of not remembering the names of phobias, including the one you just made.

Haptodysphoriaphobia - fear of the unpleasant feeling of peach fuzz.

Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia.

Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns).

[jerryhello100]

I have a walking down a dark twisting alley and having a stranger beat me up, and the fill my mouth with peanut butter.

[speebyda]

I'm eating a peanut butter sandwich now. Thanks for mentioning that.

[cfcD3ANcfc]

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[chewwyi18]

phobialist. com

[anadus7]

I went to check it out. I think Alan meant phobialist . com

There is indeed the disclaimer which reads "Please don't ask me about curing phobias because I know little about them. My interest is in the names only."

[mildetryth]

"They're different" - Alan looks so PROUD when he says that! :D

[Fab4Sunrises]

I've got some:

Levophobia: Fear of objects to the left of the body

Anablephobia: Fear of looking up

Pyrexiophobia: Fear of fever

[EdwardBellaRen]

there's a fear of long words that ironically, is a long word itself. however, people have put 'hippopotamus' in front of it to make it longer

[EuanHall123]

is anyone else about to go on phobia.com :)

[doorwindow7]

Anneka Rice tried to be logical funny, without using a comical tone. This is why very few women can be comedians.

[TheGhostilyGhost]

@doorwindow7 Or why SHE can't be a comedian. Don't generalize.

[TheStgmp44]

they use to put peanut butter on the roof of chimps mouths to make them look like there talking in PG TIPS commercials

[SpucatumTauri]

Anitadaephobia. The fear you are being watched by a duck. Look it up :)

[Gaz07]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia - Fear of Long Words

[Deuling1]

@Gaz07 *sirens* Ooh, sorry. Its juest 'sesquipedaliaphobia'. The 'hippopotomostro' isn't actually part of it, but rather was added for further irony and then lots of people picked up on it and it spread. I did a bit of routing around once looking for long words and thats how I found out the part at the beginning is a false addition. Oh, and you may rate how much I tried to be like Stephen there. When you watch a lot of QI, that is going to happen.

[nrdcoyne]

Loving Bill's shirt! =P

[FallenStarsPro]

Isn't it ironic how some of the fears work. aibohphobia is the fear of words that spell the same thing backwards as they do forwards.

Of course, I'm not actually sure if I've spelt it right... :D

[pacmandem]

SHE SPEAKS!!

[Elise11022]

Anatidaephobia – fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you

this phobia is fictional...but i still love it :D

[MegaJeezus]

The universe is shaped like a donut!

[MusicByTheMoon]

Amathophobia- Fear of dust

[SkrateBeastin]

Phobiaphobiaphobic.

Fear of fearing fears.

[NatInAcid]

Why aren't female comedians funny?

[EscalusPro]

@NatInAcid I don't know, but they certainly aren't.. =/

[Metatality]

Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female

[frohjizm]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia- Fear of long words.