Any person who is obsessed with cleanliness and defeating bacteria. These individuals will turn on faucets with their elbows and hand sanitize on an hourly basis.
Person 1: Hey look, it's a garden gnome!
Person 2: OH MY GOD GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!
Person 1: Well someone has a bad case of gnomophobia...
Observing the near-empty streets, theaters and gyms, seeing people all around him wearing masks, avoiding doorknobs, refusing to take the subway or eat in public, watching as nobody is shaking hands, the germaphobe felt that what he had known for years was finally sinking in.
Someone who is obsessed with cleanliness and avoiding unsanitary surfaces. Tends to engage in excessive hand washing and fears holding or touching objects handled by other parties
Alyssa's a real germaphobe; she washes her hands with alcohol at least twenty times a day.