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noun
An irrational fear of tomato ketchup or tomato-based sauces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, rare, uncountable
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History
From Australian rhyming slang dead horse (meaning "tomato sauce" or "ketchup") + -phobia. The slang term dead horse is attested from the late 19th century in Australian and British slang. The pseudo-Latinism mortuus equus (literally "dead horse") was coined humorously to give the term a scientific-sounding name.
