Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Word of the Day

The Word of the Day is

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

which means "fear of long words."

Yeah, I knew that.

1 comment:

Dr. J said...

Huh. In the dictionary I found it in as a teenager it was just "Sesquippedaliophobia".

Yes, I memorized that for the day it may prove an interesting piece of trivia to enlighten a dinner party.

Yes, I too am embarrassed by that.