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Sesquipedalophobia 

Fear of long words.
Imagine the diagonosis...:

Doctor: Well son, we found out what you have...

Patient: Yes, doctor?

Doctor: You have Sesquipedalophobia.

Patient: Holy shit! That's a long ass word! I'm fucking scared and I'm going to go kill myself!

Doctor: Damn, I can NEVER get thru that damn diagonosis with ANYBODY. SHIT!
Sesquipedalophobia by Michael April 17, 2004

sesquipedalianist

A person who uses unnecessarily large or obscure words.
Example: Will Stocksdale is a sesquipedalianist

Sesquipedalophobia 

Patient: Give me the diagnosis...
Doctor: There are two ways of saying this, but your not gonna like either of them!
Patient: I'm ready...
Doctor: you have Sesquipedalophobia...
Patient: DAMN!!!! Thats crazy! Get away from me!!! Say the other one, QUICK!
Doctor: you have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.....
Patient: *dies*
Sesquipedalophobia by Zenic November 10, 2010

sesquipedalophilia

To get sexually aroused by the usage of long and/or difficult words. The antithesis of sesquipedalophobia
-Dude, I got a boner from talking to my college teacher. She kept using all these long words.

-Yeah man, it's called sesquipedalophilia.
sesquipedalophilia by HelterSkelter September 19, 2008

Sesquipedalofilia 

Amore per le parole di vasta lunghezza / eccitazione erotico-sentimentale provocata dalla lettura o dall'ascolto di parole lunghe.
Da "Sesquipedale" (estremamente lungo) + "filia" (amore, passione).

"Sesquipedalofilo" o "Sesquipedalofila" è colui o colei che si ritrova in questa definizione.
"Credo di essere sesquipedalofilo!" Amo le parole lunghe."
"La mia sesquipedalofilia è estrema: mi piacciono tantissimo parole di oltre 40 caratteri".
Sesquipedalofilia by RobertaS October 19, 2016

Sesquipedalian 

An extraordinarily large word. A word that only the pedantic use.
Pejorative is a sesquipedalian for insulting.
Sesquipedalian by John Paxton March 20, 2005