Rodentophobia
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The fear of rodents. rare, uncountable
"I was a janitorial understudy in a big church office building, when one of the old hand secretaries from the fourth floor showed up on the first floor with nervous perspiration and tales of mice in her desk. By the time I got back to her office with her, rodentophobia had filled the rooms of her fellow workers."
- 2 The avoidance of using a computer mouse. humorous, rare, uncountable
"All mouse and menu activities have equivalent commands in the command window; very important if you suffer from rodentophobia, or have arrived at the amiga from an IBM clown environment."
Example
More examples"I was a janitorial understudy in a big church office building, when one of the old hand secretaries from the fourth floor showed up on the first floor with nervous perspiration and tales of mice in her desk. By the time I got back to her office with her, rodentophobia had filled the rooms of her fellow workers."
Etymology
From rodent + -o- + -phobia.
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