At first glance, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia seems to be more like a spelling challenge than a real word. Ironically, that reaction is exactly the intention ...

At 36 letters long, it's one of the longest words in the dictionary. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is what we call the fear of long words. Wrap your head ...

It's certainly oddly fitting that the fear of long words is named with one of the longest words in the English language: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. This 36 ...