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General Trivia - The fear of long words is ironically called 'hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia'

General Trivia - The fear of long words is ironically called 'hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia'

Chhavi Arora

'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia.31_May_Trivia_Jaano_Junction-2.png

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