by Dwane | Apr 26, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: fear of long words. 🙂  From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum (monster) and a misspelled form of hippopotamus. The hippo and monstro part were added to exaggerate the length of the word...