what is the name of the fear of long words
Those who find this column troubling are suffering from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia-the fear of long words. Or, more likely, rupophobia-a fear of rubbish. 1  2005 September 30, D. Harlan Wilson, Pseudo-City, p183 (Raw Dog Screaming Press; ISBN 1933293020 (10), ISBN 978-1933293028 (13)).