I know from rancid because my mom had only one little bottle of olive oil, Pompeian brand, and it tasted foul. But she never cooked with it; she kept it for medicinal purposes, although I don't recall what they were (I do remember her slapping on mustard-seed poultices). The smell has stuck with me all these decades.
(humorous) The fear of long words. 2002 April 19, anonymous, The Scotsman, page 13: However, we assume that despite the best endeavours of science, some phobias will always remain. These include paraskavedekatriaphobia, or fear of Friday the 13th. And hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is fear of long words. 2002 December 14, Chris Lloyd, The Northern Echo, page 10: Those who find this column troubling are suffering from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- the fear of long words.
Phobias â List Of Phobias, Phobia List, Types Of Phobias. The fear of animals is called zoophobia, and the fear of numbers is called arithmophobia !! MORE SUCH TYPES OF PHOBIAS :-. This page takes some time to appear, but itâs worth the wait ! After seeing this list you may have developed a fear of words! Which is called logophobia. Or perhaps you developed a fear of a particular word or name, which is onomatophobia.