Feb

8

Hippopotomonstro-
sesqippedaliophobia

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The fear of long words… It’s even more ironic than the word “lisp.” Plus, the fact that i can say it without stuttering and spell it without error is a area of personal pride.

Stephen

[Note: hyphenated only because otherwise it screws up the page margins]

[Another note: usually spelled hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.]

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2 Responses to “Hippopotomonstro-
sesqippedaliophobia”

  1. drme on June 6th, 2008 4:39 pm

    I love the irony in this word. I looked up the derivation one day, from what I read, it could also be translated as fear of monstrously large words (sesquipedalian is apparently latin for long word). That just makes it funnier since this words is 36 letters long.

  2. ordinaryguy6billion on July 3rd, 2008 9:22 pm

    I created a word that is even longer than that one. It is pseudoantiinterdenominationallistically. It means an adverb used to describe the false feeling of being against the conjoining of various Protestant churches of different denominations. It could be related to the term antiestablishmentarianism.

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