The fear of trying something new or even something you have done, but fear you will fail at it.
NOT Trypophobia. Which might be a justified fear of some dangerous, irregular, cluster of holes.

If you can't make a commitment to almost anything, you may have Tryphobia.
Try the old Nike cure for Tryphobia, and "just do it."

Tryphobia by Worry-a-lot September 16, 2023

follicular trypophobia

The sense of intense repulsion brought on by the sight of thousands and thousands of irregular hyper realistic hairs placed on top of a cartoon head

Nintendo Fan: Did you see the Super Mario Odyssey trailer?
Casual: Yeah I did. His hair looks cool.
Nintendo Fan: It gave me follicular trypophobia.
Casual: What?

follicular trypophobia by GrootFan221 August 5, 2018

Trypophobia

A fear of holes. However, be warned that if you google this word unknowingly, you will encounter images of holes in human skin, often with something in them.

So I googled trypophobia one day, wondering what all the hype was. Now I have it.

Trypophobia by packingabox April 10, 2016

Word of the Day on September 13, 2019

TDCphobia

Fear of the number 250

Only people who saw the maze runner have this
Only those people have Fear of the number 250

When they hear the number 250 they I’ll start screaming and throw around with tables

People with TDCphobia could be dangerous

Be warned

TDCphobia by A random person ⚡️ July 24, 2019

trumphobia

The state of being so completely embarrassed by the actions of your federal government you are unable to travel outside of the continental United States for fear of being the laughing stock of every non-US citizen you encounter ANYWHERE.

All over cable t.v. and plastered across the front page of the international

newspaper in bold print was, "US LEADER TO UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL

-CLAIMS 'THERE IS NOTHING WRONG DOWN THERE'' along with a close up

photo of the man with both hands pointing towards his crotch in

reference to a lewd comment made by an intoxicated person in a crowd.

Overcome with TRUMPHOBIA, barely able to breathe, I froze up, cringed

and pulled the blanket over my head knowing I wouldn't be able to take

my trip to Paris even though I had already purchased through an auction,

a pair of non-refundable round trip tickets that could not be

rescheduled . Just the thought of the foreign people staring, laughing

and pointing at me petrified me and I could not take the vacation.

trumphobia by bulletfxr July 9, 2017

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026