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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? twosleepy #178534 08/06/2008 6:49 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA  Originally Posted By: twosleepy Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia I came across it on a FunTrivia quiz, but had never seen it before, and guessed wrongly, to boot! Which part is the "long word" part?!?!? :0) I think fear of long words might be just sesquipedaliophobia . But I don't see what "monster river horse" adds to it - a fear of verbose giant hippos? Fear of abnormally long-winded hippos? Last edited by TheFallibleFiend; 08/06/2008 7:14 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? twosleepy 08/04/2008 11:24 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? Faldage 08/04/2008 11:29 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? zmjezhd 08/04/2008 11:58 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? olly 08/05/2008 12:13 AM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? Logwood 08/06/2008 5:53 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? TheFallibleFiend 08/06/2008 6:49 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? twosleepy 08/06/2008 8:03 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? tsuwm 08/06/2008 8:15 PM Re: Okay, no cheating; do you know this word? twosleepy 08/06/2008 8:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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