At 36 letters long, it's one of the longest words in the dictionary. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is what we call the fear of long words. Wrap your head ...

The phobia is often listed among more unusual conditions, like the fear of hair, dinner parties, or belly buttons. Yet while some odd phobias spark curiosity or compassion, this one is more frequently ...

This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. Jerry Seinfeld has an old comedy bit about how people fear public speaking more than they fear dying. “So that means if ...

Did you know that word phobia is a thing? I understand acrophobia, the fear of heights (you could break a hip). I totally get arachnophobia, the fear of spiders (especially the ones with hairy legs).

Phobias are fears gone wild, fears that provoke such severe anxiety that they become debilitating, interfering with a person’s ability to live a normal life. The word itself comes from the Greek ...

In everyday life, you’ve likely heard of several phobias or know somebody who has one. You can have a phobia of many things, from clowns to flying, spiders and more. They can affect anyone, and some ...