Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (n)
hip-oh-pot-oh-monst-roh-sus-kwip-uh-day-lee-oh-foh-bee-ah
The fear of long words.
No one was being sarcastic when they decided this was the perfect term for someone who is long word phobic, much.
Example sentences
“She only ever uses words of three syllables or less; she has hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia”
“Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia; whoever decided on that word must have been in hysterics at the thought of some poor soul trying to tell people what their greatest fears were in years to come.”
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