Irony is.....

[MO!]

I used to think the way the word "Abbreviation" was quite long was a bit odd.

However, surely they were taking the piss when thinking this one up?.....

1 entry found for Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Main Entry: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Function: noun
Definition: fear of long words

 

[Chea Johndle]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Definition: fear of long words

HELP!!!!!!

I am really frightened now......

 

[auric]

An American export?

 

[MartinC]

I'd assumed this was a wind up MO!, but it's made it onto a BBC website so maybe it's genuine!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/health/healthy_mind/phobia1.shtml

 

[MO!]

Well, I thought so too. A friend who's studying psychology first mentioned something about it there being a stupidly long word for the condition. And a bit of googling found that. Then the quote in the first post was the result from www.dictionary.com

Google throws up many results!