Citations:hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

English citations of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

• 2011, Kind-hearted Smartass (uncensored Version)., Lulu.com →ISBN, page 176

  The Irony of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (the fear of long words) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.5 No, I'm not kidding. It's as if the creator(s) of this word was (were) playing a cruel joke on those ...

• 2008, New Scientist

  Inspired by this discovery, we went looking for our favourite phobia. Oddly, there appears to be no entry for sesquipedaliophobia - but there is one for its very grown-up synonym hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, defined as "a persistent, ...

• 2014, Desh Subba, Philosophy of Fearism: Life Is Conducted, Directed and Controlled by the Fear., Xlibris Corporation →ISBN, page 341

  Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia—Fear of the number 666. Hierophobia—Fear of priests or sacred things. Hippophobia—Fear of horses. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia—Fear of long words. Hobophobia—Fear of bums or beggars.

• 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous Phobias, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt →ISBN, page 97

  t hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (fear of long words): Well, this may be a real phobia of spelling bee contestants, for whom the name itself would give nightmares. t Keanuphobia (fear of Keanu Reeves): This phobia is described by ...

• 2010, AQA 63336, More Brilliant Answers, Profile Books →ISBN, page 143

  Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words. ?what does the anglo saxon word 'wed' mean The Anglo-Saxon word 'wed' or 'wedd' means to wager or gamble. In context, it's all about the groom's purchase of the bride from ...

• 2011, Steven Kaplan, The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry, Routledge →ISBN

  ... adj — hypoplastic hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia (f) — hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia hipopraxia (f) — hypopraxia hipoprosexia (f) — hypoprosexia hipopsicosis (f) — hypopsychosis ...

• 2015, Jacqueline E. Kress, Edward B. Fry, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, John Wiley & Sons →ISBN, page 178

  ... the world heterogeneous—having different parts or elements hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia—fear of long words honorificabilitudinitatibus—honorableness (used by Shakespeare in Love's Labor's Lost) humanitarianism—concern ...

• 2012, John J. Bonk, Madhattan Mystery, Bloomsbury Publishing USA →ISBN, page 261

  “Guess what hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means? Fear of long words. Isn't that the coolest? And fear of your stepmother is novercaphobia. That's what you have, Lex. Nover—" “Easy for you to say." “Get this," he said over his ...