Algoraphobia

Irrational fear of climate change in a world that already has a constantly changing climate.

The doc told me I was just suffering from algoraphobia. It's treatable, and soon I can start driving my car again, turn on my furnace, and even light up my charcoal grill once in a while.

by Moondog77 January 10, 2017

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Algoraphobia

Fear induced by lingering on a piece of content on social media which may cause that company's algorithm to provide similar content to your feed in the future.

Although I enjoy occasionally seeing posts about celebrity gossip, my algoraphobia drives me to scroll past it as quickly as possible so they don't think I want to see that type of content regularly.

by CardinalMan August 21, 2023

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an anxiety disorder, when someone suffers from panic attacks to the point that they avoid so many situations they often become housbound. Not a fear of open spaces, in fact, when the word is broken down to original meanings, it means 'fear of the market place' in latin, which is a much more accurate description.

He wouldn't even go to the letter box because of his agoraphobia.

by karma-kaze July 3, 2006

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Grand Theft Agoraphobia

When your agoraphobia is so severe that you can navigate your way around easier in GTA than the city you live in irl.

Mark: "Hey, I'm catching a flight on saturday, do you think you could take me to the airport?"

Carl: "Sorry man, I've never been that far from home. I could've taken you if we were living in Las Venturas."

Mark: "That's a game..."

Carl: "Yeah.... but my Grand Theft Agoraphobia you know..."

by Grove Street Green September 29, 2010

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