16 Responses to Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

1. joanne the geek says:

   December 3, 2019 at 12:16 pm

   Ironic the term describing the fear of long words is a long word itself.

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   • crispina kemp says:

     December 3, 2019 at 12:42 pm

     Part of its amusement factor… 🙂

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2. Violet Lentz says:

   December 3, 2019 at 1:41 pm

   And here I started off thinking it had something to do with fear of hippopotami.. Well either that or a slur to ones chosen weight…. Excellent read the original article as well. I had no idea there were so many words to be feared….

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   • crispina kemp says:

     December 3, 2019 at 2:38 pm

     Yea, I could have subtitled it: We and our Phobias.

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3. Brian Bixby says:

   December 3, 2019 at 3:39 pm

   And here I thought it was the fear of a monstrous cross between a hippo, a squid, and a dahlia: a large flowering beast with tentacles and big jaws, best known for killing Hollywood actresses.

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   • crispina kemp says:

     December 3, 2019 at 3:54 pm

     No, easy mistake though. What you describe in a hippopotomonstrosesquipettaliophila. 🙂

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     • Brian Bixby says:

       December 3, 2019 at 4:10 pm

       Ah, um, well, isn’t that a mistake anyone could make? 😉

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     • crispina kemp says:

       December 3, 2019 at 4:17 pm

       Absolutely. I wouldn’t have known if someone hadn’t drawm my attention to it (it was actually a typo I’d made… oops)

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     • Brian Bixby says:

       December 3, 2019 at 4:30 pm

       Ah.
       I feel better.
       Crispina made a mistake.
       That cancels out my mistake.
       I’m still in the running for the apotheosis. (“There can be only one.”)

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     • crispina kemp says:

       December 3, 2019 at 4:32 pm

       Yea, those typos. But I’m glad you’ve found a way out of my really nasty meany slap down.

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     • Brian Bixby says:

       December 3, 2019 at 4:43 pm

       My obtuseness is up to any challenge!

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     • crispina kemp says:

       December 3, 2019 at 7:15 pm

       This, I have noticed over the years; I wouldn’t have it any other way 🙂 🙂 🙂

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4. Tien Skye says:

   December 4, 2019 at 8:47 am

   Hippo…what? LOL.

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   • crispina kemp says:

     December 4, 2019 at 11:47 am

     Yep. It’s a real word. And a real fear. 🙂

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     • Tien Skye says:

       December 4, 2019 at 2:22 pm

       Indeed. I read the reblog. Some words like “Neologism”, “Homonyms” and the “-logue”s are familiar, the rest are an entirely new territory for me! Good stuff though 🙂

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     • crispina kemp says:

       December 4, 2019 at 3:36 pm

       Pulled from a run-of-the-mill dictionary, not even a psychology manual. 🙂

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