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DEFINITION: n. A fear dental instruments, in particular the fear that your dentist will drop an instrument down your throat while chatting with the dental assistant.
Verboticisms
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Fearfawl
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Feer-fall
Sentence: "I cannot go to the dentist, I suffer extreme fearfawl. What if he keeps that little air sucking thing in my mouth, then goes to wash his hands. The tube would fall straight into my stomach, suck up everything in there, and probably suck up some organs or something... and then I'll be hungry."
Etymology: Fearful (full of fear) + awl (a drill) + fall (as in down one's throat)
Amallgumitis
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: am awl gumm eye tiss
Sentence: his amallgumitis led him to dread a slip from his dentist's hand, dropping a rotating drill to cause a total clearence in his mouth with a sensation equivelent to felching with an epileptic hedgehog.
Etymology: amalgam, am all gum.
Dentoolaryngophobia
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌdɛntuˌlɛɹn̩ɡoʊˈfoʊbiə/
Sentence: My dentist thinks I just have a particularly sensitive gag-reflex, but it's actually dentoolaryngophobia.
Etymology: dent- (relating to the teeth) + tool (tool) + laryngo- (relating to the throat) + -phobia (fear)
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COMMENTS:
whoa - that's a mouthful - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-27: 11:14:00
I love this word. So technical. And with double o's. Speaking of multiple o's, there's only one word in the English language that I know of that has three o's in a row. It's laparohysterosalipingooophorectomy. Hope I spelled that right. It's fairly technical, too, I guess. - Clayton, 2007-06-27: 21:22:00
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Dentphobal
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dent-fo-ball
Sentence: Kip's dentphobal was mirrored by his fear of that spit sucking device.
Etymology: dental and phobe
Dentalscaries
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: dent-ool-scare-eez
Sentence: Phil McCavity, was an incompetent dentist who left me with life-long dentalscaries. On my first visit he jabbed the anaesthetic into my lip causing me to choke on the suctioner.
Etymology: dental caries + scare
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COMMENTS:
Best word! no contest! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-27: 06:04:00
Thanks - petaj, 2007-06-27: 07:19:00
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Oralpointythingphobia
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: oral pointy thing phobia
Sentence: Her teeth were very yellow due to oralpointythingphobia.
Etymology: oral - mouth pointything - dental instrument description phobia - fear
Dentainsturmentphobia
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: denta in ster ment fo bee ah
Sentence: His severe dentainsturmentphobia kept him from scheduling regular appointments.
Etymology:
Disoralocated
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: dis or al o kaat ed
Sentence: His fear of disoralocation stems from a long string of painful and humiliating accidents culminating with his accidental eating of the Clockman Diamond.
Etymology: dis- + oral + locate
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COMMENTS:
yikes - that would do it - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-27: 12:33:00
Hahaha! What a sentence. - Clayton, 2007-06-27: 21:15:00
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Gaackaphobia
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: GAACK + a + phobia
Sentence: I just know this is going to be the time she drops that pick down my throat, making me go GAACK! Yeah, I've got gaackaphobia.
Etymology: A fear I didn't *used* to have. Thanks a lot, Verbotomy.
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-27: 14:14:00
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Coldteeth
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: kohld-teeth
Sentence: Myra got coldteeth every time she visited the dentist. When she was twelve, her orthodontist prescribed Hubba Bubba for her gum disease.
Etymology: cold feet + gold teeth
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - ErWenn, 2007-06-27: 06:41:00
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Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-06-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James