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Nanobyte

05-30-2003 12:55 AM

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, or the fear of long words [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

WillowIX

05-30-2003 04:54 AM

Try removing the hippo part. ;) Isn't the term sesquipedalophobia. And that my friend is a VERY bad pun. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Melusine

05-30-2003 05:29 AM

I thought you were going to say iatrophobia :D (fear of doctors)

Nanobyte

05-30-2003 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WillowIX:
Try removing the hippo part. ;) Isn't the term sesquipedalophobia. And that my friend is a VERY bad pun. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Aye, it is. The hippo part must be the fear of the word hippopotamus.. *shrugs*

Sir Kenyth

05-30-2003 06:24 PM

I'll never have a phobia! I'm unnaturally frightened of them! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Nanobyte

05-30-2003 07:05 PM

Ah, you have phobophobia then.

LordKathen

05-30-2003 08:48 PM

<font color=lime>Do you know what "Mysophobia" is? </font>

Lil Lil

05-31-2003 01:55 AM

Mysophobia: the fear of dirt, being dirty, or contamination.
My dad's (very famous) cousin suffered from it...he is probably more remembered for that than he is for who he was.

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