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- noun Common misspelling of
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia .
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Examples
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When I saw that word, immediately I became hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Jerine 2009
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When I saw that word, immediately I became hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Archive 2009-09-01 Jerine 2009
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Barnacle Boy tells her solemnly that she must suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, a long word for the fear of long words.
Archive 2006-11-01 Michelle 2006
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Barnacle Boy tells her solemnly that she must suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, a long word for the fear of long words.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Michelle 2006
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I was trying to signify that there should only be one p, not two. hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia looks awfully similar to
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My dad's a professor and he always says "failure" instead of "fail" but it makes everything sound a lot more harsh because it's a noun as well. were you downvoted because someone didn't realize that hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of really, really long words?
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-- proof that he does not suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
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- proof that he does not suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
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-- proof that he does not suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
notanotherjazzpoet commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
This is so fantastically cruel, naming the fear of long words like that. For shame, you phobia namers, for shame.
February 28, 2007
valse commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
I so long ago misspelt this hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia on my list and thought it was inconceivable no one else had added it.
February 28, 2007
codemonkey commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
the word defines irony
January 6, 2008
mollusque commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
This is a misspelling (the second double "p" should be single), although it is the more prevalent spelling online. Valse's spelling is correct (hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia), since the basis of the word is hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian.
November 15, 2008
zaggan commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
LOL this is so funny!!
May 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Nicolina (age 11) found this word the other day and said to me: 'Daddy, If someone told you they suffered from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, if they didn't faint, you'd know they were lying'.
January 26, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Clever cookie!
January 27, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
JM wishestostate, onceandforall, thathedoesnotsufferfrom hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
April 24, 2010