Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia Definition

noun

The fear of long words.

Ben is a sufferer of a mild form of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

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Origin of Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum (“monster”) and a truncated, misspelled form of hippopotamus, intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared; combined with phobia.

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