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Cenosillicaphobia

May 23, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Here’s an interesting word I’ve been seeing around the internet: Cenosillicaphobia. According to some sources, the Fact-Archive and the Urban Dictionary, the word means “the fear of an empty glass,” as “commonly experienced by drinkers.”

Although I can’t find it listed in any of my regular dictionaries, it seems to fit at least. It’s not in either of my two unabridged ones, including the Webster’s International 2nd edition, which my librarian sister-in-laws tells me is the gold standard. The closest word in my O.E.D. is “cenotaph,” which means “empty tomb.” So along with “sillica” for glass, the word “cenosillicaphobia” seems to fit the meaning, the “fear of an empty glass.”

So look at the photo below. If seeing the beer glass empty causes you to shudder involuntarily, you probably have cenosillicaphobia. Luckily, a cure is as close as the nearest keg, can or bottle.

empty-beer-glass

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Language, Words



Comments

  1. The Duke of Dunkel says

    May 24, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    That glass isn’t empty; it’s 1/20th full.

    • Jay Brooks says

      May 24, 2013 at 9:31 pm

      Ha, that’s true, but I didn’t want to scare anyone afflicted with Cenosillicaphobia too badly. 😉

  2. Jude says

    November 6, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    Do you see the glass 19/20 empty or 1/20 full?

  3. Brian says

    February 15, 2014 at 10:24 am

    Add ‘cervisia” to it and it is complete…cervisia is the latin origin for the Soanish cerveza or beer. So the complete word would be…Cenocervasiasillicaphobia?

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