and why is the person who thought of that so cruel..
i mean it's like this:
Bob: so hey dude, i heard you had a phobi.
Paul: yep.
Bob: the fear of long words?
Paul: yep.
Bob: so what's it called?
Paul:..uh ...hipp..ahhhhhhh make it stop ahhhhh - starts to shake- hippopoto...ahhhhhhh
Bob: walks away casually, never to make contact with Paul again
2006-07-23 17:28:44 · 10 answers · asked by thatonegirl 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the full name for real
2006-07-23 17:29:43 · update #1
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 potamos "river", so originally meaning "river horse").
-monstr- is from Latin words meaning "monstrous".
-o- is a Greek noun-compounding vowel (whose presence might seem anomalous between two Latin elements, except that neologisms, including respectable ones from ISV, do sometimes mix Greek and Latin roots).
-sesquippedali- is a misspelt 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).
2006-07-23 17:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by Spelunking Spork 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
And the Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Support Group wonders why no one comes to their meetings.... ;) Channa
2016-03-27 04:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am so glad you asked this question. I had learned this word years ago and no one else I had ever mentioned it to had heard of it. They all thought I was just being funny. After all these years I was just thinking about it the other day and trying to remember how to spell it, while wondering if it was for real. So thank you for answering my question. That is just so cool.
2006-07-23 17:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by whostolemyprofile 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That makes no sense at all. They shouldn't make people who have that phobia, the fear of long words (Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio) have to say it when they're asked. That's just cruel. Anyway, I don't have much to say about this.
2006-07-23 17:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irony.
2006-07-23 17:30:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not even a word. Check w/ Google.
2006-07-23 17:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by pomsquad2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in hopes of getting over it by saying it, which will likely never happen.
2006-07-23 17:32:34 · answer #7 · answered by lindsay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a nefarious porte manteau.
why not logophobia?
Psychiatrists are sadists, for real.
2006-07-23 18:26:47 · answer #8 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks intimidating
2006-07-23 17:32:55 · answer #9 · answered by JENNIFER C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but when i read your question it gave me the chills
2006-07-23 17:38:44 · answer #10 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋