Verboticism: Rindophobia
DEFINITION: n., The fear of eating the skins of fruits, vegetables, or small animals. v., To worry about saving one's skin while chewing on a rind, peel, or pelt.
Rindophobia
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: rind-o-foh-be-a
Sentence: Tim was such a rindophobic that he accused me of being Hannibal Lecter for trying to serve him potato skins.
Etymology: rind + ooohhhhh! + phobia
Points: 653
Comments: Rindophobia
OZZIEBOB - 2007-10-08: 18:55:00
Straight and clear. I tried the medical approach, but didn't really like the result: "chrotophobia" (chroto-Gk:skin)& "Phloephobia" Phloe-Gk: bark, rind, peel)