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Germaphobic 

This is an abnormal mental condition in a person characterized by an inflated or irrational fear of catching disease. People who go to extreme lengths to protect themselves from catching disease are said to be "germaphobic" .

Examples include:

1)Using paper towels to turn off taps and open doors in bathrooms.
2)Avoiding finger food that is placed in communal serving dishes e.g. potato chips.
3)Using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer after shaking hands or simply refusing to shake hand with others.

People who suffer from OCD are often germaphobic and in slang are said to be Germaphobes.
Person 1: "Wow! that Bill guy is totally germaphobic. After I shook hands with him he had to completely disinfect his hands with hand sanitizer! What up with that?"
Germaphobic by Dr. Zauis March 13, 2010

germaphobic killjoy

someone who will keep you from doing fun tings by saying "you dont know where thats been"
"katie is such a germaphobic killjoy, I found a cool peice of metal on the ground and she made me drop it!"
germaphobic killjoy by Acqat October 1, 2021

germaphobia

I saw hanz and my germaphobia kicked in
germaphobia by ultra_cuber October 10, 2022
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