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Nomophobia 

Fear of being away from a mobile phone
Sherwyn has a serious case of nomophobia
Nomophobia by ravi001 August 31, 2015

Notiphobia

Fear of notifications. May be acute due to ones persona or situation but more often than not can become chronic. It particular applies to social networking sites that offer notifications but may apply to life in general as fear of being told anything.
My emails are accumulating but I am too lazy to delete them just in case they say something important. Maybe I have acute Notiphobia.
Notiphobia by Shake N June 24, 2009

Nopophobia

Nopophobia is when you have a intense fear, or hate Noptism. Causes of Nopophobia would be watching The Noobie
or Infernoblox.
I have a friend with Nopophobia. Hey dude, what are the best ways to kill someone?
Nopophobia by DefinitlyRealPhobias August 13, 2021

noobphobia 

Fear of noobs. Fear of noobs' behavior. Fear of being teamed up with noobs.
Linus is taking a break from Halo 3. He's got noobphobia.
noobphobia by Mad Scientists March 14, 2008

Nomophobia 

No-mo-pho-bia (\,nô-mə-`fô-bç-ə\) noun : an exaggerated, inexplicable, and illogical fear being without a mobile device, power source, or service area.

Origin: Dubbed by British experts who claim that state that fifty-three percent of mobile users, with forty-eight percent women and 58 percent of men questioned in their study admitted to experience feelings of anxiety when they run out of a battery or credit, lose their phone, or have no network coverage.
Urban Dictionary usage: “My phone don’t work no mo. I think I have nomophobia”
Nomophobia by Craig St. John March 31, 2008

Nomophobia 

The fear of being out of mobile phone contact, hence NO MObile phone contact
Guy 1: Want to go camping in the canyon?
Guy 2: No, I have nomophobia
Nomophobia by dragonson04 June 25, 2010
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