Well, I came across this word in a section which usually is behind the notebooks which give some interesting facts.. And found hard to believe that such a word exists..
So, cross-checked it, and was amazed to see that it really is an authentic word..
So, here's the word..
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Before you start counting, its 36 letters long.. Well, the longest I have come across..
Its a noun.. And well, for the meaning of the word, what do you feel it will be?
Well, the word ends with phobia, so it surely is a phobia of something...
And the word starts with 'hippopoto' which indicates that it must be some phobia like fear of 'hippopotamuses' or something...
Well, here comes the biggest irony.. It actually means 'fear of long words'.. !!!!! Cant believe it, can you?
Neither did I.. Check this link...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
And the pic that I have posted is a good one, which was there accompanying that fact..
6 comments:
arey kasla bhaari word ahe.....pronounce karaychya naadat paath jhala!
even i dont believe that such a word really exists and even if it does who would dare to use it!
@manan: use it in Analytical writing and even the examiner reading would be petrified!!!
thats a much beter word to use than passilopilation. plus it really exists as well!
Now I know why I never manage to complete the damn word lists!!
there's also this word for fear of vegetables often written behind these books : lachanophobia :-)
there's one more word
Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine
189,819 letters
Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein
after that comes
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano...pterygon
183 letters
Longest word coined by a major author
then comes
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
45 letters
Longest word in a major dictionary
the word you mentioned is a bit small
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