hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

A form of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — The fear of long words.

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noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

    If the sight of a very long word makes you rigid with terror, look away now. For the correct term for such a condition is, ironically, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

    2008 January 10, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2021
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APA

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

MLA

“hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

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