there was a word i heard a few years ago when everyone was freaking out about Y2K. The meaning was basicly fear caused by the media. For the life of me i can't remember what the word was,can anyone help me with this? I think it started with a P but i'm not sure.

Prince?

Somethingphobia?

If you google "phobia list" or "phobia dictionary" you get a big list. Maybe you'll recognize the word you're searching for

PANDURITO said:

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that, but it's not a "phobia", it's a state of mind that the media can cause by instilling a fear of flying as an example by constantly posting stories on crashes and how unsafe the airways are..... Oh....i have it right on the tip of my brain and it's driving me insane...grrrrr

what this got 2 do wit Prince?

DesireeNevermind said:

Prince is the one who used this word during one of his interviews back in 1999.

Parker777 said:

OIC, so nebody figure out the word?

Flowers2 said:

Worldwide dizeaze? U must mean pandamonium.

Flowers2 said:

naw, that's like epidemic I think. something to do with cross populations or some shit. dammit stop making me think, I'm tryna not work today!

mELdOURADOsELVAGEM said:

that don't sound right either

Which interview was that? Larry King or something?

DesireeNevermind said:

Panic?

plastocismaphobicia syndrome

DesireeNevermind said:

is this the word that was on the tip of his tongue?

Propaganda.

entropy?

Dave1992 said:

i think it might have been LK, he was doing so many at the time i'm not sure. Oh well! Thank you for asking.
[Edited 11/19/08 5:27am]

Parker777 said:

Well, on LK he said something like "Without God things work to a certain point and then entropy takes place"

I'm still thinking of other things, because I've seen them all and I want to know whether my brain still works

Dave1992 said:

Entropy; measure of disorder: a measure of the disorder that exists in a system. This could be it....but still doesn't seem right. In this interview was he talking about y2k and how the media causes peoples fears to rise?
You are being a HUGE help by the way...thank you

Carrotsoupaphobia?

I believe it was "Preparedness"

Y2K Preparedness.

I remember in the media they told people to keep a Y2K Preparedness checklist on hand.
[Edited 11/19/08 7:31am]

2elijah said:

So its the right word but the wrong interpretation for the sake of this thread. Well at least everybody's brain works here. Now them other threads? Jury is still out.

Parker777 said:

Yer welcome.

CJBabyDaddy said:

i don't think he's afraid of carrot soup.

he had a bowl just the other day.

LoyalAndTrue said:

now say it really fast 6 times

DesireeNevermind said:

Parker777 said:

Do you have specific examples of the media causing fear?

It always amazes me how people either claim the media are always stoking fear or are trying to cover up something or are being too neglectful to even place attention on something.

^
they could probably give you thousands of examples of the media causing fear

it's what drives the world