FIVE ODD PHOBIAS

SYNGENESOPHOBIA – fear of relatives. Which everyone suffers at some point, apparently.

ZEMMIPHOBIA – an irrational dread of great mole rats, which fortunately are thin on the ground in Scotland.

ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA – a phobia of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

ANATIDAEPHOBIA – a fear of being watched by a duck, or ducks. For sufferers, park duck ponds are the seventh circle of hell.

HIP PO PO TO MON ST ROSES QUIPPED ALI O PHOBIA – ironically, this 36-letter long word means the fear of long words. Sufferers must make rubbish Scrabble players.