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Did you know that there is a phobia of big words?
I don't remember the exact name of it, but if you can put the name of, i will thank you.
6 Answers
- leiLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Couldn't remember that lol
Also this one
Sesquipedalophobia
Source(s): http://www.phobialist.com/ - 1 decade ago
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia .
The fear of long words, ironically, is literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words.
It is unlikely that this 15-syllable contrivance is ever used purely for its meaning. The term sesquippedalophobia is recognized in formal writing, while the four-syllable phrase "fear of long words" is certainly worth considering.
In the book Useless Knowledge, this enormous word was misinterpreted by the authors as two words, causing them to list the fear of long words as the following:
hippopotomonstroses
quippedaliophobia
These fragments appear to be quoted occasionally in other sources.
You can hear it pronounced at:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippopotom...
Hippopoto monstro sesquip pedalio phobia
