Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Put That One In Your DSM-IV

Anarachnophobia: an obsessive, morbid fear of the lack of spiders.

Not to be confused with "Anoraknophobia," which is the title of some album. And/or the fear of anoraks.

5 comments:

Drang said...

I don't understand what this has to do with a Distinguished Service Medal...

Roberta X said...

DSM-IV.

I go feex.

LabRat said...

I spent a few happy moments simply trying to figure out how to pronounce that.

Joseph said...

I am arachnophobic to a degree, but they actually listed a LACK of a fear of spiders as an actual illness?
Who wrote this, the U.S. Congress??

Anonymous said...

No, no, Joseph, it;s the fear of not having spiders, not the lack of a fear of spiders.

And it's not in the DSM-IV. Not yeat, anyway.