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Reluctance to make a choice between different alternatives.
Making decisions is always a task. But it is an unpleasant task for many people. The term "menuphobia" describes this aversion to having to choose between several alternatives.
Making decisions is always a task. But it is an unpleasant task for many people. The term "menuphobia" describes this aversion to having to choose between several alternatives.
I hate long lists of choices in restaurants. My wife always makes the better choice and I have to watch her. I already have real menu phobia.
There is so much great food to choose from on the cruise that I can't make up my mind. I suffer from menuphobia.
There is so much great food to choose from on the cruise that I can't make up my mind. I suffer from menuphobia.
by ThePhysopher June 14, 2024
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Making decisions is always a task. But it is an unpleasant task for many people. The term "menuphobia" describes this aversion to having to choose between several alternatives.
Making decisions is always a task. But it is an unpleasant task for many people. The term "menuphobia" describes this aversion to having to choose between several alternatives.
I hate long lists of choices in restaurants. My wife always makes the better choice and I have to watch her. I already have real menuphobia.
There is so much great food to choose from on the cruise that I can't make up my mind. But I still can't be happy because of my menuphobia.
There is so much great food to choose from on the cruise that I can't make up my mind. But I still can't be happy because of my menuphobia.
by ThePhysopher June 17, 2024
Get the menuphobia mug.This is a derogatory word for books, especially novels. The paper of books is made of wood and can burn like wood.
I always tell my wife that the books she reads are just woodware. Reading them is wasted time.
Ian McEwan said that many novels are just housewife gossip. I would say these books are woodware.
Ian McEwan said that many novels are just housewife gossip. I would say these books are woodware.
by ThePhysopher July 24, 2024
Get the Woodware mug.For his birthday, he gets to choose how they will make love. The position is therefore called birthday position.
My husband can ask me all year round if we do it this way, but I always answer: it's not your birthday. This is your birthday position!
My wife has also invented an Urban Dictionary word. It's both appealing and bitter: the birthday position.
My wife has also invented an Urban Dictionary word. It's both appealing and bitter: the birthday position.
by ThePhysopher May 4, 2025
Get the birthday position mug.The fear of having to make a choice, for example from a menu in a restaurant or different items to choose from in a shop.
Origin: Phobia from ancient Greek phóbos, “fear”
Origin: Phobia from ancient Greek phóbos, “fear”
I prefer a single dish of the day in a restaurant or a fixed menu suggestion to a large menu. The choice makes me uncomfortable or even anxious. I know, that's menuphobia .
I often come back from shopping empty-handed. It was my menuphobia again. I couldn't make up my mind.
The more similar the alternatives are, the harder it is to make a decision. This is one reason for menuphobia.
I often come back from shopping empty-handed. It was my menuphobia again. I couldn't make up my mind.
The more similar the alternatives are, the harder it is to make a decision. This is one reason for menuphobia.
by ThePhysopher April 22, 2024
Get the menuphobia mug.An absurd statement of the truth content and the implied social attitude of "the earth is flat", i.e. not a sphere. It is sometimes seemingly obvious, but completely false.
The world of people's opinions is full of "flatearthisms". In the area of climate change, for example, it is the statement that the atmosphere contains far too little CO2 to warm up.
It is a flatearthism that an amethyst crystal under the pillow ensures a good night's sleep, rather the opposite.
It is a flatearthism that an amethyst crystal under the pillow ensures a good night's sleep, rather the opposite.
by ThePhysopher April 25, 2024
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