JohnnyB
January 25th, 2008, 04:00 AM
Dixons
Sorry, I misposted -- (MS Outlook has scrambled all my "quickaddress" addresses) so this is now 12 hours later than when I
originally posted it so -- If anyone does get the old one, this one is the official posting of the defs and has adjusted times for
completion
Here are 18 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to
decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
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JohnnyB
1: fear of fear
2: fear of moths
3: fear of snails
4: fear of being slim
5: fear of butterflies
6: fear of men with beards
7: an abnormal fear of metal
8: fear of becoming entangled
9: an abnormal fear of podiums
10: avoidance of or fear of anger
11: an irrational fear of psychoanalysis
12: fear of decisions; severe procrastination
13: an abnormal fear of microscopic organisms
14: fear of having your brains eaten by zombies
15: fear of going insane [Gk _lyssa_ madness + -phobia]
16: a nervous state produced by morbid dread of having contracted rabies
17: a heightened discomfort with moral ambiguity, often leading to religious fanaticism
18: [obs.] genus that includes plants of the buttercup family, many of which are poisonous
JohnB
Sorry, I misposted -- (MS Outlook has scrambled all my "quickaddress" addresses) so this is now 12 hours later than when I
originally posted it so -- If anyone does get the old one, this one is the official posting of the defs and has adjusted times for
completion
Here are 18 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to
decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
10:00 pm on Saturday, 26 Jan 2008 in the UK 5:pm am East Coast USA 2:00 pm West Coast USA
New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary 'til after you have
voted
JohnnyB
1: fear of fear
2: fear of moths
3: fear of snails
4: fear of being slim
5: fear of butterflies
6: fear of men with beards
7: an abnormal fear of metal
8: fear of becoming entangled
9: an abnormal fear of podiums
10: avoidance of or fear of anger
11: an irrational fear of psychoanalysis
12: fear of decisions; severe procrastination
13: an abnormal fear of microscopic organisms
14: fear of having your brains eaten by zombies
15: fear of going insane [Gk _lyssa_ madness + -phobia]
16: a nervous state produced by morbid dread of having contracted rabies
17: a heightened discomfort with moral ambiguity, often leading to religious fanaticism
18: [obs.] genus that includes plants of the buttercup family, many of which are poisonous
JohnB