Citations:hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia


 * 2011, Kind-hearted Smartass (uncensored Version)., Lulu.com ISBN 9781257846481, page 176
 * The Irony of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (the fear of long words) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.5 No, I&#39;m not  kidding. It&#39;s as if the creator(s) of this word was (were) playing a cruel joke on  those ...
 * 2008, New Scientist
 * Inspired by this discovery, we went looking for our favourite phobia. Oddly, there appears to be no entry for sesquipedaliophobia - but there is one for its very  grown-up synonym hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, defined as &quot;a  persistent, ...
 * 2014, Desh Subba, Philosophy of Fearism: Life Is Conducted, Directed and Controlled by the Fear., Xlibris Corporation ISBN 9781499004670, page 341
 * Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia—Fear of the number 666. Hierophobia—Fear of priests or sacred things. Hippophobia—Fear of horses.  Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia—Fear of long words. Hobophobia—Fear  of bums or beggars.
 * 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous Phobias, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 9781936976508, page 97
 * t hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (fear of long words): Well, this may be a real phobia of spelling bee contestants, for whom the name itself would give  nightmares. t Keanuphobia (fear of Keanu Reeves): This phobia is described by ...
 * 2010, AQA 63336, More Brilliant Answers, Profile Books ISBN 9781847652713, page 143
 * Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words. ?what does the anglo saxon word &#39;wed&#39; mean The Anglo-Saxon word &#39;wed&#39; or &#39;wedd&#39; means to  wager or gamble. In context, it&#39;s all about the groom&#39;s purchase of the bride from ...
 * 2011, Steven Kaplan, The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry, Routledge ISBN 9781136771194
 * ... adj — hypoplastic hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia (f) — hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia,  hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia hipopraxia (f) — hypopraxia  hipoprosexia (f) — hypoprosexia hipopsicosis (f) — hypopsychosis ...
 * 2015, Jacqueline E. Kress, Edward B. Fry, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, John Wiley & Sons ISBN 9781119080930, page 178
 * ... the world heterogeneous—having different parts or elements hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia—fear of long words  honorificabilitudinitatibus—honorableness (used by Shakespeare in Love&#39;s  Labor&#39;s Lost) humanitarianism—concern ...
 * 2012, John J. Bonk, Madhattan Mystery, Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN 9780802723970, page 261
 * “Guess what hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means? Fear of long words. Isn&#39;t that the coolest? And fear of your stepmother is novercaphobia. That&#39;s what  you have, Lex. Nover—&quot; “Easy for you to say.&quot; “Get this,&quot; he said over his ...