Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia


a supposed fear where one is afraid of long words.
a psychiatrist is in his office, and a patient walks in.

after some talking, the psychiatrist says “sir, i’m afraid you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.”

the patient shouts, “good lord, man! make it stop!” and walks out the door.
…a fear of long words
i suffer from hippopotomonyeeeaaaaarrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhh we’re all gonna die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fear of long words
doctor: i’m afraid you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
patient: ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! don’t say that word!!!!!!!!!!
perfect example of irony.
omg! a big word!

“hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia”

run away!
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)-
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.
the fear of long words – that’s ironic.
“hey judy, don’t you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?” -judy runs away frothing at the mouth-
fear of long words. go figure
those who are reading this probably have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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