Hippopotomonstrosisquippedaliophobia
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HEY it's not only an amazingly fun word to try and say, it's meaning is so humorously ironic. 
the word for the fear of long words is 15 syllables long!!
Written January 10th, 2006
A contest entry
- Strings of Lights by Ms. Trick.
678 points, ended January 16, 2006, 46 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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did you??? huh... i found it on a list of phobias that my friend and i found a looooong time ago, so i'm guessing it's real... i HOPE it's real... otherwise i couldn't take credit for my trophy!!!
that'd be sad... Thanks all for the comments and applause!! 
s all
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I heard somewhere that that ord was an urban myth posted on crazythoughts somewhere...but, then again, when I have I ever been right?
Nice one.
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that's a great one! congrats!
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Hahaha! Very nice! Good Job.
Peace,
Jessi -
thanks tim WOO my last two contests i got trophies
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Wow! Congratulations on winning the bronze in this contest
--Tim -
Way to go - I am not afraid of long words, but never knew of this word before. Congrats on winning bronze in this contest.
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Haha! I love it! Like marmalade on toast.
Kudos for the word.
-trick -
when kasey and i were freshmen we had a study hall together and we'd goof off doing whatever... and one day we looked up this huge list of phobias (that i think i still have, actually ) and this one really made me laugh (for obvious reasons). there were some other really funny ones that i can't remember, but thanks for the luck, i'll give some back: Good luck to you, too!
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Wow... that word scares me............... and the word is ironic, isn't it? That's awesome, though! Where did you find that one?
Well, not sure what else to say... but ya.... I'm not really scared of long words, but that one does scare me... so maybe I do have.... that phobia. Well, good luck in the contest!
--Tim
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