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prettygoodword) wrote2022-11-21 07:39 am
prettygoodword) wrote2022-11-21 07:39 am
xocolatophobia
xocolatophobia (koh-koh-lay-tuh-FOH-bee-uh, shoh-koh-lo-tuh-FOH-bee-uh) - n., an irrational or disproportionate fear of chocolate.
Which begs the question, what's a proportionate fear of chocolate? A worry that your dog will get it? Coined a little before 2010 from Nahuatl chocolātl a drink made from ground, roasted cocoa beans (misspelled xocolātl in a mistaken belief that the Nahuatl word is from xococ, bitter + ātl, water) + -phobia, fear of.
---L.
Which begs the question, what's a proportionate fear of chocolate? A worry that your dog will get it? Coined a little before 2010 from Nahuatl chocolātl a drink made from ground, roasted cocoa beans (misspelled xocolātl in a mistaken belief that the Nahuatl word is from xococ, bitter + ātl, water) + -phobia, fear of.
---L.