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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.
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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
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)
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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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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Gingifrightis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jin/ji/fry/tis
Sentence: I developed a severe case of gingifrightis after the dentist accidentally scraped a tonsil with a scaling tool. Now I gag every time I see an olive on a pick.
Etymology: gingivitis + fright
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COMMENTS:
Quite the toothpickle. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-27: 08:08:00
Funny, funny. - Clayton, 2007-06-27: 21:19:00
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Dentainsturmentphobia
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: denta in ster ment fo bee ah
Sentence: His severe dentainsturmentphobia kept him from scheduling regular appointments.
Etymology:
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
Dentistalaxaphobia
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: den-TEESTA-LACKS-a-foe-bee-a
Sentence: Dr. Michaels was far too engrossed in his phone conversation with his mistress secretary to notice he was dangerously close to dropping a dentil pick right down Jane's throat, giving her an increasing feeling of dentistalaxaphobia.
Etymology: Dentist, lax, and phobia.
Denthysteria
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: dent/his/tar/ia
Sentence: Denthysteria is the fear of anything dental
Etymology: dentistry + hysteria
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James