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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.
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia 

...a fear of long words
I suffer from HippopotomonYEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic 

Fear of big words, quite ironic when you think about it
Mitch is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic, so words like plutoniumscare him.

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.

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)*

hippopotamoose 

A huge fat ass bitch the size of a hippo with a huge mooseknuckle
That Nast bitch looks like a hippopotamoose

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia 

A ridiculously long word describing the phobia of one towards long words. Very ironic ah. ha. ha.
Hey Clark: Hey I heard you have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Clark: TOM DON'T ASHDHGSDSFDOIRYUIER!!!! *mumbles random shit being scared out of his underwear*

Tom: Hehehehe, how do you tell the psychiatrist?

Clark: I have hipposdjsdjksdhjjds!!! *mumbles vacuous crap in terror*