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2006-06-09 06:11:44 · 7 answers · asked by James 6 in Entertainment & Music Other - Entertainment

hold your mouse over the word and it will give you the whole word

2006-06-09 06:12:34 · update #1

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The fear of long words

2006-06-09 06:16:32 · answer #1 · answered by eMiLY 2 · 11 2

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a jocular term for a phobia, ironically indicating a fear of long words.

Etymology
Hippopoto- is claimed to mean "big" due to its allusion to the Greek-derived word hippopotamus (though this is derived as hippo- "horse" compounded with potam-os "river", so originally meaning "river horse"); -monstr- is from Latin words meaning "monstrous", -o- is a Greek noun-compounding vowel (whose presence is highly anomalous between two Latin elements here); -sesquippedali- is a garbled and mistaken form taken from "sesquipedalian" (meaning a long word, literally "a foot and a half long" in Latin), -o- is a Greek noun-compounding vowel (whose presence is highly anomalous after another vowel here); and -phobia means "fear". Note that in real Greek, Hippo-pot- might mean a "flying horse" or a "drinking horse" (depending on the exact spelling), but could never mean a hippopotamus. This coinage contains so many errors and solecisms from the point of view of Greek and Latin morphology, that it's doubtful whether it would convey much meaning to a trained classicist who didn't already know what it's supposed to mean.

2006-06-09 13:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by victorygirl 3 · 0 0

It means the fear of long words. If somoeone has it you cant even tell them what they have or they might freak out as the word itself is so long.

2006-06-09 13:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by dog_hell_red 5 · 0 0

Google
Look it up,
You lazy Butt!
poem by spikibracelet
inspired by the 2 plus ten points

2006-06-09 13:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by spikibracelet 2 · 0 0

Fear of long words

2006-06-09 13:20:06 · answer #5 · answered by MJFProd 3 · 0 0

No such word.

2006-06-09 13:29:07 · answer #6 · answered by cheeky chic 379 6 · 0 0

does anyone here care

2006-06-09 13:15:45 · answer #7 · answered by tereval198912 1 · 0 0

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