To show an unreasonable fear of games. To be frightened by shiny new technology. To be like a certain lawyer who is also known for his douchebagery.
Guy 1: So why did she piss on the floor again?
Guy 2: Oh, you mean Susie. She suffers from gameaphobia.
Guy 1: Whats that?
Guy 2: Well, when she saw my six axis controller she became frightened and then wanted to boycott anything over a T rating.
Guy 1: Oh, you mean she's over 30.
Guy 2: Yep.
Gamerophobia is:
1. Hatred of video games or gamers
2. Expressing a disrespectful opinion towards video games or gamers
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Other forms of the word:
Adjective: Gamerophobe
Plural: Gamerophobes
Dude: "I've saved some cash and I'm going to buy a Playstation 3"
Mom: "It's such a waste of money! You're 21 years old, not 10 years old! Grow up already, are you going to play these childish games forever?"
Dude: "That's just typical Gamerophobia, the games I'm going to play on it are definately not for kids!"
Fear of old things. From the Greek (palaios-, "old”) and (-phobos, “fear”).
Alice: I'm going to the museum. Want to come with me?
Bob: No thanks, old stuff creeps me out.
Alice: Why?
Bob: I dunno. Maybe I have paleophobia or something.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.