What's the "Phobia" for the fear of answering machines?
2006-07-12 04:51:38 · 10 answers · asked by foodluver1 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
i guess it's more of leaving messages on answering machines than listening to them......
2006-07-12 07:25:49 · update #1
I could not find a specific term, but these are close:
Technophobia - Fear of technology.
Telephonophobia - Fear of telephones.
Or, we could invent one!! Here are two we can combine:
Laliophobia or Lalophobia - the fear of speaking.
Mechanophobia - Fear of machines.
"Mechanolaliophobia" how's that? I just invented it!!
Phobias are fun. Here are some other interesting ones:
Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Yeah, every breakfast is sheer terror.
Aulophobia - Fear of flutes. Wha??
Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. OOh scary. Run for your life.
Bibliophobia - Fear of books. Can't go to school.
Bromidrosiphobia - Fear of body smells. Can't work in a gym.
Cathisophobia - Fear of sitting. Gets pretty tiring.
Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns. More common than you think.
Cyberphobia - Fear of computers or working on a computer. Wow. That'll be tough in this day and age.
Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news. Read the papers, you'll be fine.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words.
Peladophobia - Fear of bald people. The Simpsons is like "Nightmare in Springfield"
Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law. I have that!
Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.
Hope this was insightful!!!!
2006-07-12 05:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines
2006-07-12 12:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by Leo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
didnt see anything about answering machines though.
2006-07-12 11:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by jpspiderman2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm.. new one to me. I know mechanophobia is a general fear of all machines, while phonophobia is a fear of voices or of the telephone... that's the closest I can come to it. You might have a new one for the books!
2006-07-12 12:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by theyuks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea. Tried to look it up. Some just called it anxiety of answering machines.
2006-07-12 11:55:34 · answer #5 · answered by Elle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably mechanophobia
fear of machines
2006-07-12 11:56:04 · answer #6 · answered by futurehero5200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill collector fear.
2006-07-12 11:55:28 · answer #7 · answered by catnap 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called "ihavedebt" fear
2006-07-12 11:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by Rachel J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zwyzeckiopobia
2006-07-12 11:55:43 · answer #9 · answered by cmjz1313 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know
2006-07-12 12:33:31 · answer #10 · answered by lucky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋