What is the fear with the longest name

Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of long words Hippopot…?

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Because the person who first used it had a sense of humour. Logically it could have been much shorter, but that really wouldn’t have been funny, would it?

Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of long words Hippopot…?

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I thought for sure you were making that up, but dictionary.com confirmed it was true. How sad. Is that irony?

Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of long words Hippopot…?

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Shorty739 : huh i don’ t get it use small words with me i’m kinda slowww

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Why is the name of the fear of long words disorder one of the longest words in the dictionary?!?

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A: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio phobia- the fear of long wordsThat is so terrible! Fancy making the fear of long words phobia word that long! hahaI just think its an act of cruelty towards people suffering from it.. just to mock and ridicule them”Shumaker’s wife recounted, “He was giving a speech for the Ecological Legion of Very Enthusiastic Shoemakers (E.L.V.E.S), he used to be a wonderful public speaker, you know, very eloquent with an extensive vocabulary – when someone threw a large smoked ham at his head which knocked him unconscious.” From this point on Shumaker refused to speak in long sentences, does not like descriptive adjectives, or the word adjective itself, and cowers into the corner whenever he hears a long word. Mrs. Shumaker added, “He even threw his beloved Thesaurus away!.Dr. Frank Skitso, Shumaker’s personal psychiatrist, explains the delicate nature of the disease. “Part of the problem is that he’s constantly being asked what he has been diagnosed with. Hippopotomonstrosesquip -pedaliophobia is the scientific term for his condition yet, due to the nature of the disease, because the word is thirty-six letters long, he is afraid to pronounce it.” This has resulted in Shumaker contracting a fear of phobias or Phobophobia since most phobias themselves are over six letter long. Shumaker is unable to pronounce any of his compounding conditions. ” Goodness how tragic! I guess it really is something that is caused by damage to the brain.

Why would they name the fear of long words with a VERY long word?

Q: Don’t you think it’s a bit stupid to do that because people who have the phobia are going to look it up and are going to be frightened when they discover the name

A: Yes, why can’t they just call it hippophobia instead of hippopotomonstrosesquippediliophobia?