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Sesquipedalophobia 

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

Sesquipedalophobia 

A better way of saying Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
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

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

sesquipedaliophilia 

The love of using long, complex, and often unnecessarily large words in speech or writing, typically to sound intelligent or impress others.
Teacher: “Can anyone describe photosynthesis?”
Student: “It is the biochemical autopoietic mechanism by which chlorophyllous flora harness photonic energy to synthesize glucose.”
Teacher: ”…So, plants use sunlight to make food.”
Student: “Precisely! My sesquipedaliophilia makes it impossible to simplify.”

Sesquipedalophobia 

the fear of the twitter user Sesquips
I don't go on twitter often because Sesquips is often on my timeline and I have Sesquipedalophobia

Sesquipedalophobia 

Sesquipedalophobia Is the fear of long words. Yes, how ironic.
My friend” dude! I have Sesquipedalophobia “my friend again” *starts screaming*