Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MDMedically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Also known as ...

Sesquipedalophobia is, ironically, the fear of long words. In a cruel twist of fate, there’s also hippopoto-monstro-sesquipedaliophobia, which some use to describe the fear of very long words.

a fear of long words. The first time you hear about it, you might think the person is making it up. Like why would anyone be ...