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The fear of long words has a very long name

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The clinical term for a severe phobia of extremely lengthy words is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Whoever named this specific affliction was either incredibly cruel or thought it was absolutely hilarious to terrorize patients with the very thing that triggers their panic attacks.

The fear of long words has a very long name
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