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What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?

Correct answer: Fear of long words

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What people think about it: 28 Comments

IrishGirl6

Wow!! I’m scared of that word!!

Player #1137636

I wonder who gives the authority to coin phobia names?

Hanoj

Wow! I thought supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was the longest😀

Player #36712443

The real name for fear of long words is sesquipedalophobia. The hippo etc etc was made up and added to the begining of the word in a song by coedian Bryant Oden. An example of the correct word can be traced back to a Roman writer - I think it was Ovid ((not sure).

knutz61

did anyone actually read the whole word. because I didn't lol

Kavali

Did you invent it only for this game or what🤔

meka

Player #36712443, thanks for the extra research 😊

Quizzoneer FfF

I did not know that fear before I saw this one...😳😨😱

Taiwan

Hanoj, Longest word is actually Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is nonsensical word used especially by children and fans of Disney, even listed as a word in the Oxford Dictionary

Taiwan

Player #1137636, Any scientists or people in psychology field can name phobia names.

Taiwan

Phobia means fear 😐

ang

I would be scared too of that 1 word. fear of long words let alone the word meaning fear of long words is the longest word I have ever seen.

PinaColada

Kaval, lol no. It’s a real word.

thunder

well i guess after reading this word i am surely gonna get that phobia

Anshpreet

Shariff, exactly. they should have given a shorter term to a phobia in which people are afraid of long words... shame...

Player #43507817

This was a question earlier, but framed differently.

AQET

Mujahid Mohideen R, Yes, it is related to fear of public speaking, perhaps deriving from experiences like stumbling over a long word back in school when you had to stand up in class to read out loud.