example of a phoneophobe: i can't call him. no no no. if i do, i'll ask if he's there, and what if it's him? he'll think i'm so stupid that i can't identify his voice! i just can't have that! and what if he's not there? what will i say? i'll just end up sounding desperate! goddammit this sucks!
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People that have a phobia with others touching or using their phone because of contamination. Afraid of contracting germs from other touching their cell phone. Like a germaphobe through cell phone sharing.
Emmalee will not let anybody use her cell phone. She is such a phoneaphobe.
Emmalee has phoneaphobia, she won't let anybody use her phone, for fear she'll get germs.
Emmalee has phoneaphobia, she won't let anybody use her phone, for fear she'll get germs.
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Get the Phoneaphobia mug.When you use two telephones at the same time to hear the same thing in both ears: A reciever on each ear, speaking into the two transmitters. This is useful in loud environments to block out the noise, or to amuse yourself when talking to someone really boring.
Because Nancy was so boring to talk to, Bob had to use phonephones. Coming through the two speakers, his voice sounded like Iron Man.
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Get the Phonephones mug.An irrational fear of answering the phone. The fear arises from anxieties as to whom may be calling (a former spouse, a spurned lover, a tax collector or other creditor, an enraged garage mechanic, a parent) - why they may be calling (to give the callee a very hard time, belittle them, issue threats) - and the psychology of the conversation (false promises leading to humiliation, being made to look a pratt). In extreme cases someone who is phonephobic may hide in the house as the phone rings, desperately trying to ignore it, while plagued by remote telephonic demons.
She was so phonephobic that none of her family, loved ones or friends could ring her in the house. Often a worried caller would rush around to her house to see if she was OK, only to find her hiding in the hall cupboard.
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Get the Phonophobia mug.The fear of being afraid. More precisely, a mental disorder which causes the irrational, disabling fear of a clinical condition which includes an irrational, disabling fear of something.
Someone who makes a living as a dare-devil might be a phobophobe should their drive for self-preservation threaten their well being.
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