19 Feb 07
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Originally posted by WulebgrI remember reading something like that, and the word sounded familiar, but I think it was slightly different. I can't remember how exactly, though.
A footnote in a psychology textbook that I was forced to endure 25 years ago claimed it meant fear of long words. I don't recall anything else from that text (and don't trust this one fact), but the word rolls of the tongue nicely.
Edit: Ha, found it! Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
19 Feb 07
Originally posted by Nordlysobviously a bit of a fanciful construction, like floccinaucinihilipilification
I remember reading something like that, and the word sounded familiar, but I think it was slightly different. I can't remember how exactly, though.
Edit: Ha, found it! Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
and that thing julie andrews sings