Unreasoning fear of balloons ...

[nq:1]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
Globophobia: http://tinyurl.com/aaasa
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[nq:1]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
All your student needs to do is to visit any clinical psychologist with a wad of money in his/her hand, and the expert will be happy to find or coin a term that describes the phenomenon. It might take several visits to pin down the exact description, however, depending on the

[nq:1]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
Montgolfear.

[nq:1]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
sphairaphusanphobia

[nq:2]Globophobia: hm[/nq]
[nq:1]The opposite side to this is globophilia. Apparently some people are sexually stimulated by people blowing up balloons until they ... in a 15-year period according to one website). It's one of those things that new parents are often warned about.[/nq]
I thought she was joking at first, never having heard of anyone with that phobia, but she was plainly qui

[nq:2]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
[nq:1]Globophobia: hm[/nq]
The opposite side to this is globophilia. Apparently some people are sexually stimulated by people blowing up balloons until they pop (or not, depending). There web sites, and movies made especially for this specialized "interest". Some call t

[nq:2]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
[nq:1]Montgolfear.[/nq]
Excellent!

Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u)

[nq:2]Montgolfear.[/nq]
[nq:1]Excellent![/nq]
On behalf of my dog Napoleon, the only begetter of this word, delighted to amuse.

[nq:2]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
[nq:1]Montgolfear.[/nq]
I love it!

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:2]One of my students is terrified of them ... particularly that of them rupturing ... Does anyone have a term?[/nq]
[nq:1]All your student needs to do is to visit any clinical psychologist with a wad of money in his/her hand, ... on the scale of the problem and/or the size of the wad of money. Mark Barratt Angoltan=E1r budapesten