Word of the Day: archibutyrophobia

It’s really only Wednesday? I think I got my tech issue fixed, and I’m looking forward to getting my productivity all beefed up. I think you’ll appreciate the results. I’m looking forward to sharing new stories, more content and all sorts of other tricks with you all.

Today’s Word:

archibutyrophobia

As in:

As the craze for “extreme” sports continues to grow and to “inspire” thrill-seekers to invent new and more risky forms of recreation.

The trend has even crossed-over into the drug scene, where drug users, tired of the “tame” range of “recreational” drugs are enticed to use substances far more dangerous than the typical fare.

Among the new substances garnering attention from the drug-scene is liquid nitrogen, which is being inhaled or “snorted” by the “aficionados” of “extreme drug-use.” Participants, who often end up with severe frostbite, liken the experience to climbing Everest without proper environmental gear.

Other “extreme” substance abuse activities include “chugging” pure capsiacin oil, gargling flaming alcohol and competitive eating contests. This area of abuse had contributed to an upsurge in archibutyrophobia, as people engaging in this extreme “sport” try to consume the greatest number of peanut butter sandwiches liberally coated with a nasty mixture of alum and phenolphthalein.

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Bonus words: capsiacin and phenolphthalein. Capsaicin is the stuff which gives hot peppers their “bite.” In pure, undiluted strength, it can peel your skin right off (and give you severe burns, blisters, etc). Phenolphthalein is
a compound often used in laxatives in small amounts. In larger amounts, it is recognized by the body as an extremely potent poison, and the body responds to its presence by expelling it from the system in a violent fashion. Nasty
stuff.

Oh yes, and for those that don’t know what alum does, basically, it’s a hydrophilic substance used in baking powders. If you put it straight on something which is then put into someone’s mouth, it immediately “sucks” all the moisture out of their mouth, drying it out. It works really effectively, and try though they might, saliva glands are no match for the drying power of alum. So that’s why the mixture is so nasty, and why this “sport” would be
considered “extreme.”

archibutyrophobia: / ARCH-i-butte-RO-phobia / the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

Word of the Day: chrematophobia

Good Evening, everyone. I had a story idea all ready for tonight, but, I ran out of time to type it up, so, I’m punting again, a bit. I suspect the condition described in this story might be on the rise in the current economic climate.  I’m going to try and get it done for tomorrow instead.

Today’s Word:

chrematophobia

As in:

Knowing that socks are the immature forms of coat hangars, two brothers decided to go into business selling coat hangars to local dry cleaning establishments. The two purchased inexpensive socks, and put them into the dryer and waited for the transformation to occur. When they opened the dryer, the two found that they had half as many socks as they had put into the dryer, with each pair missing its crucial other half. Upon opening the closets of their house, they were delighted to find that their store of hangars had, in fact, grown by exactly the same number as the number of missing socks.

Joyfully, the two fed the dryer more socks, until the eldest, who had severe chrematophobia, set fire to the dryer and ruined their opportunity to become wealthy business men.

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Of course, you have all probably realized that socks, even inexpensive ones, are much more expensive than hangers, so, it’s clear that the chrematophobe had nothing to worry about.

chrematophobia /  shrem – AT – o – foh – be – ah / fear of money.