dislike of or intolerance towards overweight people
This word is a replacement to the grammatically incorrect term ‘fatphobia’ as it combines an english prefix with a latin suffix.
Instead, now a new term, crassophobia.
Coming from the word crassus, meaning fat, and -phobia, meaning extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group.
This word is a replacement to the grammatically incorrect term ‘fatphobia’ as it combines an english prefix with a latin suffix.
Instead, now a new term, crassophobia.
Coming from the word crassus, meaning fat, and -phobia, meaning extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group.
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Jim: Do you think Rob Ford should still be the Mayor of Toronto?
Bob: Sure! Rob Ford is THE MAN !!!
Jim: Well, I certainly don't think so!
Bob: Yeah. That's because you, Jim ... yes, you Sir ... are suffering from crackophobia!
ex. Glenn Jessome does not think that a crackhead should be a Mayor of a city or drive heavy equipment because he suffering from crackophobia.
Bob: Sure! Rob Ford is THE MAN !!!
Jim: Well, I certainly don't think so!
Bob: Yeah. That's because you, Jim ... yes, you Sir ... are suffering from crackophobia!
ex. Glenn Jessome does not think that a crackhead should be a Mayor of a city or drive heavy equipment because he suffering from crackophobia.
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A phobia that can be determined if you suffer any of the following symptoms:
A)Intense anguish concerning essays to be done for your English teacher
B) Having the ability to sense when essays are going to be assigned and developing panic and/or gloom
C) Developing a Cross consciousness in which any program/movie/book you watch is constantly interrupted by a little voice that has a slight accent telling you to pay attention to a certain thing or telling you to view it in a critical/feminist/Marxist/archetypal lens
D)The sense that your English teacher is going to pop out of no where unless you see the world through a marxist/feminist lens or any other critical modern lens
E) After taking a certain class you can never view literature or media the same way ever again or questioning every little thing because critical lens have been drilled into you brain
F) spazzing about the littlest things that remind you of English class or your english teacher
A)Intense anguish concerning essays to be done for your English teacher
B) Having the ability to sense when essays are going to be assigned and developing panic and/or gloom
C) Developing a Cross consciousness in which any program/movie/book you watch is constantly interrupted by a little voice that has a slight accent telling you to pay attention to a certain thing or telling you to view it in a critical/feminist/Marxist/archetypal lens
D)The sense that your English teacher is going to pop out of no where unless you see the world through a marxist/feminist lens or any other critical modern lens
E) After taking a certain class you can never view literature or media the same way ever again or questioning every little thing because critical lens have been drilled into you brain
F) spazzing about the littlest things that remind you of English class or your english teacher
I just know we are going to have an essay about this movie when we finish watching it, my crossaphobia is kicking in.
I can't watch this movie, my crossaphobia won't let me get over how badly females are portrayed in this movie.
I can't watch this movie, my crossaphobia won't let me get over how badly females are portrayed in this movie.
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Get the Crispophobia mug.When you have crappophobia you go to someone's house, and you have to poop, but you are afraid that you will clog their toilet.
by mitty39 July 8, 2009
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fear of Santa Claus. The signs of clausophobia usually develop early in life during childhood. Signs of clausophobia include: automatically and compulsively looking for exits when sighting a fat bearded man in a red suit or feeling fearful on hearing Ho-ho-ho.
The most common type of treatment for clausophobia involves mental health counseling targeted to overcoming the fear and managing triggering situations.
Different types of strategies include:
* Relaxation and visualization techniques designed to calm the fear when in a clausophobic environment
* Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), an approach that involves learning to control the thoughts that occur when confronted with the fear-inducing situation in such a way as to change the reaction
* Relocating to Tehran
fear of Santa Claus. The signs of clausophobia usually develop early in life during childhood. Signs of clausophobia include: automatically and compulsively looking for exits when sighting a fat bearded man in a red suit or feeling fearful on hearing Ho-ho-ho.
The most common type of treatment for clausophobia involves mental health counseling targeted to overcoming the fear and managing triggering situations.
Different types of strategies include:
* Relaxation and visualization techniques designed to calm the fear when in a clausophobic environment
* Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), an approach that involves learning to control the thoughts that occur when confronted with the fear-inducing situation in such a way as to change the reaction
* Relocating to Tehran
At the sight of Mr Ferguson, the PE teacher, dressed in a red velvet suit with a pillow stuffed in the top of his trousers, the little girls were struck by clausophobia and backed away in abject terror.
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