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Published: May 03 2012

Buzz Fleischman - Columnist Page. Irrational fears and phobias.

A String-A-Phobe blanches at the sight of an overweight tourist barely wearing a swimsuit.

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth and Peladophobia- Fear of bald people are some little known fears.

The very prevalent fear however, that Tag-o-phobia, the fear of being caught tearing the tags off of pillows or cushions is a myth.

A Tetley-phobe is one who is afraid their splinter political party has gone too far.

Here in South Florida we've got fears that don't have a name so we'll list some of them and if they pertain to you, just make a mental note.

Polito-screwma-phobia; is a fear that an elected official will screw the public before they get kicked out of office. If this is true, you then might be Electa-Butt-A-phobic, because you have a fear of electing a person who has no business in public office.

If you have a fear that a jailed politician will run for public office after they've been released, don't worry, it's more common than you think, you've got incarc-again-aphobia.

You're Horna-dixa-phobic if you have a fear of being honked at for no reason on Dixie Highway. If you're Horna-dixa-mega-phobic, he's driving a large SUV.

If you have an innate fear of being served a meal that doesn't look anything like it's depicted on a TV commercial you have picto-meala-phobia.

And if you've got neva-go-phobia you probably would not want to use a public rest room that has another person in it.

If you have mega-decibel-obia you fear excessive noise from that low riding Honda driving down the street with the 50 megawatt speakers.

If you have a fear of being talked about at a party after double dipping a cracker in some onion dip, you're triscuit-dipso-phobic or maybe just a Seinfeldia-Phobe.

When a repairperson tells you they'll arrive between 9 and 12 noon and they don't show till 3, then you're gullible-A-phobic.

Dis-lap-taphobic: A fear of being overcharged at the gentlemen's club.

Fear of slipping in a puddle and ruining one's clothes is being Hydra-falla-garbic.

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