Hippopotami

More than one Hippopotamus

The hippopotami at the zoo were fighting.

by Mary Sue Jackson June 27, 2003

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

It is actually the never ending fear of long words .
If you don't believe me look it up

Alice: So doc' is there anything wrong
Doc: I'm affraid you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Alice: AAAAAAARGH MAKE IT STOP PLEASE NO AAAAAAAAARG
Doc: they should make an abreviation for this ...

by Rhinostril February 6, 2014

hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism

The art of using VERY long words to confuse people. It comes from the root 'sesquipedalian', which means one who uses long words to (again) confuse people. Source: Mrs. Burns Dictionary of Obscure, and Preposterous Words.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism is the art of utilizing extremely elongated lexicons to give the appearance of being more intelligent to one's acquaintances.

by Dan Richards February 20, 2008

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

...a fear of long words

I suffer from HippopotomonYEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Al Berry March 1, 2004

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic

Fear of big words, quite ironic when you think about it

Mitch is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic, so words like plutoniumscare him.

by some guy jerkin his wang dang doodle March 4, 2007

hippopotomonstrosequipedaliophobia

The longest phobia, the most ironic phobia, the funniest phobia. The fear of long words. Often misspelled as hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia.

Teacher: What's the fear of long words called?
Student: Hippopotomonstrosequipedaliophobia.
Teacher: *starts screaming*
Girl: Apparently she has it.

by Penny Ling November 1, 2013

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Ironically, the fear of long words.

"sesquippedalio" relates to long words
"phobia" is an irrational fear
"hippopoto" and "monstro" (short for hippopotamus and monster) exaggerate the length of the word

synonym: sesquippedaliophobia means exactly the same thing

alt spellings: "pedalio" instead of "ppedalio"

guy: I have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. *(guy starts hyperventilating)*

by whatserface December 18, 2008