Long word phobia

[PixieStix]

No kidding this is the word that defines long word phobia

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˌhɪ.pə.pɒ.təˈmɒn.strəˌsɛ.skwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪəˌfoʊ.bɪə
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• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

Singular
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Plural

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

1. The fear of long words, ironically. It is literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words. Ben is a sufferer of a mild form of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Oftimes the cure for phobias is to make the sufferer face them head on.

So I imagine the cure for this is a long session with a thesaurus.

 

[PixieStix]

Oftimes the cure for phobias is to make the sufferer face them head on.

So I imagine the cure for this is a long session with a thesaurus.

Good point

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Your freaking me out.

 

[LuckyDan]

Listen. I ain't bragging. But if it ever comes up? I can spell antidisestablishmentarianism without pausing between letters.

Just saying. We're covered there.

 

[Skull Pilot]

The longest word in the English language is



Drum roll please

Sarah McCulloch

The chemical name of the largest known protein

(i thought about pasting in here but that would have been cruel)

 

[PixieStix]

Listen. I ain't bragging. But if it ever comes up? I can spell antidisestablishmentarianism without pausing between letters.

Just saying. We're covered there.

I actually know that word, and it took practice to say it correctly

Are you an antidisestablishmentarianist?

 

[PixieStix]

Your freaking me out.

Who me?

 

[mudwhistle]

Listen. I ain't bragging. But if it ever comes up? I can spell antidisestablishmentarianism without pausing between letters.

Just saying. We're covered there.

I actually know that word, and it took practice to say it correctly

Are you an antidisestablishmentarianist?

Try learning Arabic. Some of the names alone they dream up are real tongue twisters.

I wonder what is the word for fear of flying in a plane-load of Muslims?

 

[PixieStix]

Listen. I ain't bragging. But if it ever comes up? I can spell antidisestablishmentarianism without pausing between letters.

Just saying. We're covered there.

I actually know that word, and it took practice to say it correctly

Are you an antidisestablishmentarianist?

Try learning Arabic. Some of the names alone they dream up are real tongue twisters.

It is hard to speak, I understand much of it when I hear it, can tell you which dialect they are speaking.

Say antidisestablishmentarianism real fast 5 times, that should help

 

[☭proletarian☭]

The longest word in the English language is



Drum roll please

Sarah McCulloch

The chemical name of the largest known protein

(i thought about pasting in here but that would have been cruel)

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Chemical names of compounds are generally excluded