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steve2470

(37,481 posts) Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:44 AM Dec 2017

Sesquipedalophobia: the fear of long words

I just learned this tonight. Interesting.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sesquipedalophobia

Does this apply to Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz ?

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Sesquipedalophobia: the fear of long words (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2017 OP

Sounds like something that would mean: DFW Dec 2017 #1

Scary! Ohiya Dec 2017 #2

Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz? Gesundheit. FSogol Dec 2017 #3

HAH! nt zanana1 Dec 2017 #4

Ah, so it isn't the fear of 150 children... surrealAmerican Dec 2017 #5

DFW

(60,438 posts)

1. Sounds like something that would mean:

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:38 AM

Dec 2017

"Fear of one and a half bike pedals."

In a country where most kids grow up on a bicycle, that sounds like a very legitimate fear indeed.

Ohiya

(2,769 posts)

2. Scary!

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:15 AM

Dec 2017

Brrr....

FSogol

(47,665 posts)

3. Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz? Gesundheit.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:24 AM

Dec 2017

Sesquipedalophobia is the fear of the Welsh.

zanana1

(6,530 posts)

4. HAH! nt

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:42 AM

Dec 2017

surrealAmerican

(11,928 posts)

5. Ah, so it isn't the fear of 150 children...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 11:50 AM

Dec 2017

... even though that many children in one place can be scary.

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