If the word stands
alone, it means people who have irrational fears. It's that simple.
But "-phobian" can
act as a suffix to replace any particular of the suffix "-phobia". The
definition is for the person who has the mentioned phobia.
"Okay, children, today we are going to learn a new word - hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia." - The teacher told.
"You forgot a letter - p. It is supposed to be hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia." - The teacher'
s pet, sitting right in front of the teacher's vision, spoke out.
"
Oh, it is a common misspelling, for the purpose of making the word even longer. Perhaps your
parents didn't know about that, Ppeter."
"You don't need an
extra "p". In
fact, you don't need the entire word. Please get on with the lesson." - Effiscanlihardswalorkinstandofintroversestudane said out loud. - "We don't need a monstrous, writing-poems-excessively-long-
words, truncated hippopotamus that is a foot and a half along."
Then he fell unconscious.
"What a phobian, a hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobian to be correct! He really risked his
life for that. Certainly, his family doesn't know about that."
"A hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobian."
"Love that exaggeration. You get five
extra scores in the examination."