Fygophobia

Fygophobia

n.
the fear that your connections with people will keep dwindling as you get older; that one by one, you’ll all go flying off the merry-go-round in wildly different directions, sailing through various classes and jobs and interests, ultimately landing in far-flung neighborhoods where you’ll hunker down with your families plus a handful of confidants you see a few times a year, perpetually reassuring each other, “We should keep in touch.”

Greek φύγω (fýgo), I leave + -φοβία (-phobía), fear. Compare the Greek φυγόκεντρος (fygókentros), centrifuge. Pronounced “fahy-goh-foh-bee-uh.”

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Nullness

Anecdoche

Anechosis

Momophobia

Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Eisce

Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

Ledsome

Fygophobia

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Kenaway

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Lockheartedness

Anthrodynia

Burn Upon Reentry

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Zverism

The Mcfly Effect

Fawtle

Lyssamania

Flashover

Mcfeely

Boorance

a group of objects on a table