Bob: "What do you suffer from?"
Tom: "Oh, um, that long word thing"
Bob: "Ohh you mean Hippopo-"
Tom"DONT SAY IT"
Bob: "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?"
Tom: *runs away screamin*
Tom: "Oh, um, that long word thing"
Bob: "Ohh you mean Hippopo-"
Tom"DONT SAY IT"
Bob: "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?"
Tom: *runs away screamin*
by Midnightmoon102 April 21, 2010

A word that some jerk wad decided to make in order to scare all people with the fear of long words... yeah, I went there...
Doctor: Here comes that kid whos afraid of long words...
Kid: hya
Doctor: So how's your hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia coming along?
Kid: Screams, kicks doctor in the balls, runs away!
Kid: hya
Doctor: So how's your hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia coming along?
Kid: Screams, kicks doctor in the balls, runs away!
by BossyBull August 4, 2011



Alex suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, and refuses to learn larger more complex words
by Kyrstin Garcia February 19, 2009

A fear of long words. Referred to as squippedaliophobia most often as basically no one knows how to pronounce the word.
by Cinderpelt April 4, 2009

This is a phobia when people have a fear of big words. So, it must be awful to read this if you do have this phobia.
Doctor: I apologize because this may be hard for you to hear if you do have this diagnosis.
Patient: What is it?
Doctor: You have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Patient: What is it?
Doctor: You have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
by whyshoulditellyoumyname December 23, 2017
