bananaphobia

Example Sentences

• "[…]in bed by 6:45 each evening and were even forbidden to eat certain foods, such as bananas, until they were twelve. This had the predictable result of inducing a certain amount of bananaphobia as the twelfth birthday approached."
• "Somewhere in my past, no doubt, I had a bad experience with lunch rooms, or over-ripe bananas. A psychiatrist would have a term of some sort for the banana-phobia, but this is just one of those things I’ll never overcome.[…]If my banana-phobia is a problem for me, than^([sic]) the parking-as-close-as-possible addict has some real fears to overcome."
• "It was not until several months ago that I could even buy bananas for my family again. Maybe one day I’ll even be able to eat one. One day. But not yet. I’m still not over my “bananaphobia.”"
• "Bananaphobia, air-typing and other lunchtime revelations[…]I knew that she at least harbored a strange hatred of bananas, a neurosis that I’d recently discovered when she was driven from my office, shivering in disgust, by a banana sitting on my desk."
• "Bananas win the award for “fruit you are least likely to see Elaine eating.” I can’t tell you why — it might be a texture thing. But after hearing a couple of people talk about various banana pudding recipes they had seen lately (including a Food Network chef preparing one similar to this recipe, except using Chessman shortbread cookies), I decided to dive right in, bananaphobia and all!"
• "Boone had one client who was trained to eat a “low carb” diet. “I had to convince her that eating a banana was not a bad thing,” Boone said. For those with banana-phobias, or the rest of us who simply need an update, here is the latest information on five of our favorite foods."