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Goombaphobia

Intense or irrational dislike or mostly fear of Goombas
person 1: I am Goomba please be my Mario and step on me
person 2: LYDIA NO
person 1: That's Goombaphobia
by TheRedBlade January 18, 2021
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gnomaphobia

the fear of lawn/garden gnomes. commonly mis-spelled as gnomophobia.
person one: did you hear that the girl down the street has gnomaphobia?

person two: yeah, isnt that the fear of gnomes?

Person one: yes it is.
by gnomaphobia September 25, 2011
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globaphobia

1.the fear of balloons
2. one of those things quirky geeks have and only people from their social after-school group meet-up on thursdays actually know what it is and understand
-surpriiiiise! happy birthday man!
-*locks self in bathroom from fear* YOU KNOW I SUFFER FROM GLOBAPHOBIA
by thisisafakenamelololololololol November 4, 2012
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gnomaphobia

The fear and/or hatred of lawn and garden gnomes.

Closely related to pediophobia (a fear of dolls.)

The psychological theory:

The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud claimed that children fantasize about dolls coming to life. Psychologist Ernst Jentsch theorized that uncomfortable or uncanny feelings arise when there is an intellectual uncertainty about whether an object is alive or not, and also when an object that one knows to be inanimate resembles a living being enough to generate confusion about its nature. Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori expanded on Freud and Jentsch's theories to develop the "uncanny valley" hypothesis, which predicts that as a robot's appearance becomes increasingly human-like, a human will have an increasingly positive response to that robot, until a point is reached where the response changes quickly to one of repulsion. If an object is obviously enough non-human, its human characteristics will stand out, and be endearing. However, if that object reaches a certain threshold of human-like appearance, its non-human characteristics will stand out, and be disturbing. Although Mori was concerned particularly with robots, his theory has been seen as applicable to all inanimate objects that sufficiently seem as though they might be animate.
person1- I hate lawn gnomes, they creep me out

person2- Sounds like you have gnomaphobia
by evilgnome November 16, 2011
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goopaphobia

A fear of a certain celebrities health and wellness website"Goop"
Dude, Goop gives me the creeps! I think I have goopaphobia
by r bginvefigrvefovgefocwdfebncw November 2, 2020
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