Hippopotomonstrosesquipdilophobia. How many of you have heard that word? None i bet. This beautiful word was concocted by a Psychiatrist.. a rather sadistic one at that. The point at which this Psychiatrist's invention of this word becomes sadistic is when we get to the meaning behind it. Hippopotomonstrosesquipdilophobia is in fact the phobia of very long words and, quite ironically, it stands to be the longest word in the English language at 36 letters.
Circumbilivagination. Doesn't this one look short in comparison to our previous word? I can already tell that you're probably trying to guess what this word means and the only thing you can come up with is some random wrong meaning due said word's last 10 words. Well, my dear, at 20 letters, Circumbilivagination has no connection what so ever to female genitalia it, in fact, means moving about in a circular motion or merely moving around. I greatly doubt that any of us will randomly walk up to our better half and ask "Would you like to circumbilivaginate with me, kind sir?" but if a word exists, it exists. And there's nothing we can do about it.
This next word is rather interesting. It is FORTY-FIVE letters long and also a disease one can get from coal mining. Drum roll please. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Now doesn't this just look like a lovely word to someone hippopotomonstrosesquipdilophobicly challenged? Yeah. For their sake, this word is never, or at least seldom ever, used and does not count as the English language's longest word. It probably isn't even an actual word.
Entredentolignumologist. When i first read the word, i thought it had to do with dentists. No. Wrong. An entredentolignumologist is actually a person who collects toothpick boxes. Odd really. Even more odd is the fact that a word for someone who collects toothpicks is nonexistent.
Next up. Some places of interest in the US and UK.
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. This little number is found in the US, and is a Nipmunk name. Strictly speaking it means "You fish on the right side. I fish on the left side. None of us fish in the middle," in Redindian.
Now we can move back Europe, where i can mention the UK's longest-named place. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Yes. and No, it is not pronounceable. Let alone properly legible. This is a little village..and the jumble of words means “St. Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave.”
Back to phobias. I have three interesting ones i forgot to mention earlier.
This first word is rather short. But it made me laugh. Ecophobia. This is the fear of ones on home. I have come to the conclusion that the Cat-man who constantly invades my town has this phobia. I am pretty sure he has a home but he never seems to be there.
Aichmorhabdophobia. This, George- Yes, my good sir/madam i am calling you George from now on, is a fear of getting beaten by a pointy stick. Why this is the only get-beaten-by-a-stick-phobia is beyond me. I mean, other sticks have feelings too, you know? What happened to equality and anti racism?
And finally. Bathysiderodromophobia. This would be a fear of subways. No. The word subway is not even near mentioned in this word. But, honestly, who cares? It is a long word.. and a phobia. And, George, that is what counts.
I shall now depart and get ready to go to my Ex school in which i must bullshit teens younger than myself into joining Young Enterprise. Woopdifuckingdoo. All the information i inputted here has been researched so, yes, i am serious about these words.
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