(The fear of long words)
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
From hippopotomonstrosesquippedalian , an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum "monster" and a truncated, misspelled form of hippopotamus, intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared; combined with phobia.
Source: Niskayuna HS planning note and wiktionary.com
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