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eShirl

(18,480 posts) Fri May 17, 2013, 09:47 AM May 2013

The fear of long words is called sesquipedalophobia.

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The fear of long words is called sesquipedalophobia. (Original Post) eShirl May 2013 OP

The person who coined the name of that condition was a smartass. n/t Chan790 May 2013 #1

Sesquipedalophobia would have made Noah Webster fearful! n/t Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #2

And here I sit without enough tiles to spell it in Scrabble. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #3

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! ohiosmith May 2013 #4

Sesqui as a prefix means 150... pink-o May 2013 #5

The fear of short words is called 'sphobia' Dash87 May 2013 #6

Gee, I don't know anyone who has this, do you? graywarrior May 2013 #7

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

1. The person who coined the name of that condition was a smartass. n/t

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Fri May 17, 2013, 09:50 AM

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Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

2. Sesquipedalophobia would have made Noah Webster fearful! n/t

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Fri May 17, 2013, 09:57 AM

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Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts)

3. And here I sit without enough tiles to spell it in Scrabble.

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Fri May 17, 2013, 09:58 AM

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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

4. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

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Fri May 17, 2013, 10:58 AM

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pink-o

(4,056 posts)

5. Sesqui as a prefix means 150...

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Fri May 17, 2013, 12:33 PM

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Is that how many letters there needs to be in a long word to make us fear it?

Dash87

(3,220 posts)

6. The fear of short words is called 'sphobia'

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Fri May 17, 2013, 01:51 PM

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graywarrior

(59,440 posts)

7. Gee, I don't know anyone who has this, do you?

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Fri May 17, 2013, 01:59 PM

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Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions

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