Undictionary:hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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English

Etymology

Comes from the latin sesquipedalian, which became sesquipedalophobia. Eventually, the word hippo was added at the beginning, to describe how the word was created: throwing a bunch of hippos into a circus.

Rhymes

Any word with phobia.

Synonyms

• Sesquipedalophobia, which is actually in Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
• Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is the actual correct way to spell it, but we've added another P for convenience.

Noun

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (no plural, why would you have two of them?)

1. To fear being sane.
2. To fear long words.
3. To fear words.