What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?


1.

...a fear of long words

I suffer from HippopotomonYEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2.

Perfect example of irony.

OMG! a big word!

"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia"

Run away!

3.

fear of long words

Doctor: I'm afraid you have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Patient: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Don't say that word!!!!!!!!!!

4.

A word someone made up to screw with people who are diagnosed with a fear of long words.

C'mon you know it's true!

Person who coined the term: So what's her deal?

Colleague: Oh, she's afraid of long words. Do we even have a word for that?

Person who coined the term: You know what we should call it? Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!

Colleague: That's just wrong.

See fear, words, fears

5.

The fear of long words - that's ironic.

"Hey Judy, don't you have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?" *Judy runs away frothing at the mouth*

See phobia, fear, words, long, scary

6.

Fear of Long Words. Go figure

Those who are reading this probably have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

7.

Ironically, the fear of long words.

"sesquippedalio" relates to long words

"phobia" is an irrational fear

"hippopoto" and "monstro" (short for hippopotamus and monster) exaggerate the length of the word

synonym: sesquippedaliophobia means exactly the same thing

alt spellings: "pedalio" instead of "ppedalio"

guy: I have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. *(guy starts hyperventilating)*

See monstro, phobia, whatserface


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