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curaphobia 

A fear of having to engage in the performance or management of business or personal operations involving paperwork.
I haven't invoiced any of my customers for the last 6 months because of my acute curaphobia.
curaphobia by Lorien Gamaroff November 26, 2009

cannaphobia 

Unreasoning fear or antipathy of cannabis and people who use cannabis
Mom doesn't like that I use medical marijuana, she has cannaphobia.
cannaphobia by ilvadel October 23, 2011

Fanaphobia

Irrational fear of ceiling fans, pertaining to a fan possibly falling from the ceiling.
I was laying under the fan and realized the hinges could be coming loose! - fanaphobia
Fanaphobia by HulkSmash89 June 26, 2010

Carniphobia 

Fear or phobia of being "Fleishig".
Jewish law requires that one wait six hours between eating meat and dairy. Many religious Jews have thus developed a phobia for eating meat during day hours because they "might" want to eat something dairy later on in the day.
("Fleishig" is the Yiddish word for "Meaty").
I'm starving. All they had was meat - which I naturally couldn't bring myself to eat because I suffer from a severe case of Carniphobia.
Carniphobia by Ben-adam December 14, 2011

Cacophobia 

Ugg!! Don't bring that hideous beast in here! You know I suffer from Cacophobia!!!
Cacophobia by Phobiaz July 22, 2008

Fanaphobia

General irrational fear of ceiling fans, or of having one fall on you.
My office has a ceiling fan, but because of my fananphobia, I can't go into that room.
I have fanaphobia, which means I'm irrationally terrified of ceiling fans.
Fanaphobia by fluffycartoons October 13, 2015
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
Word of the Day on October 4, 2026
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
Word of the Day on October 3, 2026

Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
Word of the Day on October 2, 2026
Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
Word of the Day on October 1, 2026
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