blennophobia

noun

1. The irrational fear of slime.

   rare, uncountable

   "Well, maybe what you've really got is blennophobia — fear of slime," he said.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek βλέννος (blénnos, alternative form of βλέννα "mucus, slime") + -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry blennophobia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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