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Define Germaphobe Meaning

Germaphobe
Any person who is obsessed with cleanliness and defeating bacteria. These individuals will turn on faucets with their elbows and hand sanitize on an hourly basis.

ie. Danny Tanner (Full House)

Tiffany was such a germaphobe she wouldn't even eat a skittle off the carpet, though it was well within the ten second rule.
By Shawnee
Germaphobe
A person with extreme fear with germs and an obsession with cleanliness. Can’t stand anything not clean/touched by others.

Rebecca is such a big germaphobe she cant even touch the schools paper without having gloves on or something.
By Caryn
Germaphobe
Someone who is obsessed with cleanliness and avoiding unsanitary surfaces. Tends to engage in excessive hand washing and fears holding or touching objects handled by other parties

Alyssa's a real germaphobe; she washes her hands with alcohol at least twenty times a day.
By Ara
Germaphobe
A suddenly-normal person for whom the global Coronavirus scare feels like everyday life.

Observing the near-empty streets, theaters and gyms, seeing people all around him wearing masks, avoiding doorknobs, refusing to take the subway or eat in public, watching as nobody is shaking hands, the germaphobe felt that what he had known for years was finally sinking in.
By Papagena
Germaphobic
This is an abnormal mental condition in a person characterized by an inflated or irrational fear of catching disease. People who go to extreme lengths to protect themselves from catching disease are said to be "germaphobic" .

Examples include:

1)Using paper towels to turn off taps and open doors in bathrooms.
2)Avoiding finger food that is placed in communal serving dishes e.g. potato chips.
3)Using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer after shaking hands or simply refusing to shake hand with others.

People who suffer from OCD are often germaphobic and in slang are said to be Germaphobes.

Person 1: "Wow! that Bill guy is totally germaphobic. After I shook hands with him he had to completely disinfect his hands with hand sanitizer! What up with that?"
By Roseanne
Germaphobe
1) Someone who was a genuine phobia of germs and is obsessed with cleanliness.

2) Someone who is scared of German tourists

German) Hallo! Wo ist der Bahnhof bitte
Person A) Arrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhh a German
Person B) Dude, you're a Germaphobe
By Brianna
Germaphobe
A person with an extreme fear of germs and obsession with cleanliness

oh my god, Kate is such a germaphobe, she can’t even touch the schools walls!!
By Claribel
Germaphobe
(n.) Someone who is afraid of Germans. Very obvious. I don't understand how anyone could ever get this word confused.

Alan: Why does your mom use so much hand sanitizer?
Ace: She's a germaphobe.
Alan: Oh, she's scared of germs!
Ace: No, she's scared of Germans. Except I don't know why she uses hand sanitizer for that. I don't think it repels Germans.
By Tracie
Germaphobe
Someone who is afraid of germans

German person:Halt de munt ,halt de runt,halt de clappe!
Germaphobe:Wtf??
Normal person:Dont be such a germaphobe
By Crissy
Germaphobe
A strange affliction to germs which usually causes people to open door knobs with paper towels, yet they have no problem picking their nose and wiping the boogers on the wall over the urinal.

That guy is such a germaphobe...he carries his cell phone in a ziplock bag and dips his toothbrush in salt after he brushes his teeth.
By Cordi