Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Have you seen the word?
It scares you,
Puts the fear of God
Parading around your head,
Offering no comfort in
Pausing to let your pour
Out your worries,
The worries that
Overwhelm you,
Making you feel ill
Or scared to utter any
New words that come.
So ignorance may be perceived
That shows not your
Reality as the long words
Only belong in dictionaries
Sheltered from your mind
Easing your fear of long words
Subsequently allowing your mind to
Quieten from the horror of your
Unsubstantiated eloquence
Inconsequential abhorrence of words
Parading in syllables
Participating in incomprehensibilities
Ending in floccinaucinihilipilification
Drowning in pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Allowing your hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia to rise
Leaving your comatose mind
In a state of pure decidophobia where
Only monosyllabic words
Prevent atichiphobia
Happening within your logophobic mind stopping your
Oneirophobia preventing you from
Basking in the bibliophobia
In the xenophobia that
Attracts bogyphobia.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: March 10th, 2025 01:58
- Comment from author about the poem: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Orchi;s favourite word
- Category: Humor
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Comments9
For some while I thought it was fear of hippos! LOL. Good write Gold.
Thank you Orchi.
Time to bring ‘em back, I see🙏🏻🕊️
Certainly arqios, will do.
Andy
👍🏻🕊
A poet's nightmare. Try putting rhyme to that. I think that you have outdone yourself this time Andy, my mind is still ringing with the echoes of those syllables. Enjoyed it.
Thank you soren, much appreciated.
Andy
Wow some long w0rds in this one.I'm still recovering from Supercalafraglistic.....in Mary Poppins.Great fun here
Thank you David, there are a lot of long words around.
Andy
lol 🤣 hiccuplyhilarious 🌹
Laugh on Teddy, laughter is the best medicine we can have.
Andy
Gotta fave this one so I can refer to it at my leisure. In the meantime many many thanks for bringin' 'em all to my attention, Andy.
Thank you Dave, my absolute pleasure.
Andy
Welcome. The work behind that leaves me overwhelmed...
I am sweating after reading the ending lines, enjoyed the read
Most kind Tobani, thank you.
Andy
You are very welcome
Wow, had to check twice if it was you who actually wrote this. A bit of a departure from your usual fare. Well done Andy.
John
A change is as good as a rest but there was no resting in writing this one John. Thank you.
Andy
Oh my goodness. What big words you have here Andy:) What a nightmare when it comes to pronouncing. A fun read.
Thank you Cassie, so glad you enjoyed it.
Andy
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