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Xenophobia is the fear of strangers Ephebiphobia is the fear of teenagers, Obesophobia is the fear of gaining weight Octophobia is the fear of the figure 8, Odynophobia is the fear of pain Ombrophobia is the fear of rain, Photophobia is the fear of light Noctiphobia is the fear of night, Peniaphobia is the fear of poverty Metrophobia is the fear of poetry, Hagiophobia is the fear of Saints or Holy things Hierophobia is the fear of Priests or sacred things, Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words This one just kind of popped into my head.

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Date: 12/9/2009 10:08:00 AM
Splendid write honey!! Love the originality of this one!! Great job! Hugs~Mary
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Date: 12/2/2009 5:40:00 AM
I like this one pop... I thought you had lost your humor in your old age....:0.......:JP]
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Date: 12/1/2009 5:24:00 PM
Oh, my, Richard! This is wildly funny. What would you call fear of sharks? Had a great laugh reading this! (Are you related to Jared Pickett, another Soup member?) Love, Carolyn
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Date: 12/1/2009 4:14:00 PM
ha ha I enjoyed the poem and the lesson. That last word is a dilly.
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Date: 12/1/2009 3:40:00 PM
nice. how can people be scared of poetry though?
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Date: 12/1/2009 3:22:00 PM
Interesting list of fears. Hope that you have narier one. Keep the magical pen flowing. Sara
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Date: 12/1/2009 3:21:00 PM
Wow, educational poem
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