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verbophobia 

fear of language brought on by the War on Te.rror, beginning with abstract nouns and pronouns
There came a knock at the door and when Benny opened the creaking device for entry a booming voice said "Rosebud", filling Benny with hysterical verbophobia and a need to run as fast as his porcine legs would carry him to the nearest bedroom, wherein he dove headfirst under the bed and lay there like Jim Bowie waiting for Santa Ana to jangle in and roust his fearful ass, saying, "Pie alamo?"
verbophobia by barleycorn March 1, 2021
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vermophobia 

The irrational fear or disgust of wormy textures and creatures as well as other similar textures (jelly, soft and wet and wiggly)
A: Dude why is she crying?
B: She just saw a slug, she has vermophobia
vermophobia by I'm A Centaur November 30, 2023