What is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
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wickedwillie
ANSWERS: 17
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Believe it or not, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of.... long words..... :-)
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Combination of elements suggesting largeness or length, deliberately forming a word likely to induce the fear it denotes: hippopotomonstro- (irregular blend [influenced by connective -o-, from French, from Latin, from Greek—connective vowel of most nouns and adjectives in combination] of hippopotamus and monstro-, from Latin monstr-, monstrum, monster) + sesquippedalio- (incorrectly formed from sesquipedalian or Latin sesquipedalia, things one and a half feet long) + -phobia, from phobia Noun hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, rarely hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia The fear of long words. Usage It is unlikely that this 15-syllable contrivance is ever used purely for its meaning. The term sesquipedalophobia is recognized in formal writing, while the four-syllable phrase "fear of long words" is certainly worth considering. Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
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the fear of large hippos! jk its the fear of long words!
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it's the fear of LOOOOONNNGGGGG words!!! BE AFRAID...BE VERY AFRAID!
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It is seriously the fear of long words you know...
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the fear of long words
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ok wtf the name for the fear of long words has to be the longest word ever
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The phobia of a monstrous hippo that is equipped with weapons duh :)
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Fear of long words. Can you imagine going to the doctor and he says whats wrong and you say I have hippopotmonst......AHHHHH!!!!! (blatantly stolen)
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it means fear of long words ironic right?
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As "Yakuzabuzzsaw" pasted, the word has deliberatley been made up to induce the fear of long words...and is certainly not ironic. It's a contrivance, a joke word. It was coined recently, a faux Latin concoction it's strcture makes no real sense in latin just some random words. Folk love stuff like this on the web.
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Arrrrr take it away, take it away
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The fear of long words! I love who whoever named this phobia, they have a great sense of humor.
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Fear of long words.
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The fear of Hippos who know how to spell....
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the fear of long words, isnt that ironic lol :)
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An automatic win in scrabble!
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