If you went around capturing and torturing spiders, would you be called an arachnophobe? It's just a bit silly. Yes, words get misused all the time, and Englis

If you went around capturing and torturing spiders, would you be called an arachnophobe? It's just a bit silly. Yes, words get misused all the time, and English is imperfect, but this one just seems ridiculous to me.