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DEFINITION: n., The fear of eating the skins of fruits, vegetables, or small animals. v., To worry about saving one's skin while chewing on a rind, peel, or pelt.
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Fearskin
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: fear-skin
Sentence: Ari knew that all he had to do to remove the fearskin was to face up to the challenge of the peel. But he could not get past the rindgressive feelings that plagued his thoughts. rindgress: to look back in your thoughts in fear while confronting skins or peels.
Etymology: n: fearskin: fear + skin, v: rindgress: rind + regress
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COMMENTS:
HA! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-08: 19:11:00
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Skinflinch
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: skin/flinch
Sentence: Sue was such a skinflinch that she gagged every time she passed by a basket of peaches.
Etymology: skinflint + flinch
Rindawfulous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rynd of ful us
Sentence: Jackie lived in morbid fear of accidentally eating part of an apple peel, orange rind or other fruit covering skin. She thought of doing so made her feel rindawfulous.
Etymology: Rind (peel,skin) & Awful (causing fear or dread or terror) & WordPlay on Rhinocerous
Rindnoshnervous
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ryend/nosh/nur/vus
Sentence: Sally was extremely rindnoshnervous to the point where her gag reflex would kick in at the very mention of fuzz, coat, husk or shell.
Etymology: rind (skin) + nosh (eat) + nervous + sounds like rhinoceros
Repulskin
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ri/puhl/skin
Sentence: Amy has sufferd from the dreaded phobia of repulskin since early childhood. She can't eat apples, grapes, nectarines, or especially fuzzy peaches, or any other fruits unless all the skin is completely peeled off.
Etymology: repulsion + skin
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COMMENTS:
I would not be at all surprised to find that Amy actually existed. I haven't gone down that road personally, but I could easily see someone developing a strong aversion like that. - ErWenn, 2007-10-08: 10:56:00
They do exist: a former workmate had an extreme fastidiousness about the apple and pear skins. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-08: 18:33:00
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Fregtimalaphobia
Created by: ericsimmons39
Pronunciation: F-redge-tim-ull-a-foe-bee-a
Sentence: "Carrie, what the hell? You know kids in Spain would kill for the rest of your potato peels. Why do you have to be so ignorant?" "Frank, I'm sorry ok, i have a condition, i have Fregtimalaphobia... ok. I don't know how long i have.
Etymology: Fruit + Vegitable + Animal + Phobia... i suppose i left out the part about the skin and peels.
Rindossiferous
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Rind-ossifer-ous
Sentence: Betsy worried that her skin would crinkle and crack to the point that she became totally rindossiferous.
Etymology: Rind + ossify
Antipithy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: an tip pith ee
Sentence: Olive may have found him peachy, but the touch of his fuzz filled her with antipithy
Etymology: antipathy, pith
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COMMENTS:
:) - Nosila, 2011-06-20: 18:37:00
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Dermingestiphobia
Created by: Daneslarue
Pronunciation: Derm-In-Jest-I-fo-Bee-A
Sentence: I suffer from acute dermingestiphobia; banana peels have been known to send me cowering into the corner.
Etymology: Derm - Skin Ingest - Consume Phobia - Fear
Noskinonmynose
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: nos-kinon-mainoze
Sentence: When I eat, noskinonmynnose kicks in to effect immediately.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James