Deipnophobia is the fear of dining or dinner conversations. This is not a phobia from which I suffer, nor from which any friend or member of my family suffers. On the contrary, I'd say we're all a bunch of counterdeipnophobes — people who fear NOT dining or NOT having dinner conversations. If I were a deipnophobe, I'd be deprived of most of my fondest memories: holiday meals, informal lunches, romantic picnics, and all those times I've just sat around the table laughing with my nearest and dearest. Down with deipnophobia! Up with dinner parties, Soup Group and shared pizza.