hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
英語[編輯]
替代寫法[編輯]
- hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (錯誤拼寫，或許目的是使得單詞更長)
詞源[編輯]
來自hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian，sesquipedalian的延伸 + monstrum (「怪物」) 的連接形 + hippopotamus（英語河馬的錯誤拼寫） + -phobia。
發音[編輯]
- (英國) 國際音標(幫助)：/ˌhɪ.pəˌpɒ.tə(ʊ)ˈmɒn.stɹə(ʊ)ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˌdɑːl.ɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/
音頻 (英國) （文檔） - 韻部：-əʊbiə
- 斷字：hip‧po‧po‧to‧mon‧stro‧ses‧qui‧pe‧dal‧i‧o‧pho‧bi‧a
名詞[編輯]
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (不可數)
- (幽默) 長單詞恐懼症
- Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.
- Ben 有長單詞恐懼症，所以他很少使用超過三個音節的單詞。
- 2002 4月 19, anonymous author, The Scotsman，頁號 13:
- However, we assume that despite the best endeavours of science, some phobias will always remain. These include paraskavedekatriaphobia, or fear of Friday the 13th. And hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is fear of long words.
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- 2002 12月 14, Chris Lloyd, The Northern Echo，頁號 10:
- Those who find this column troubling are suffering from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- the fear of long words. Or, more likely, rupophobia - a fear of rubbish.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 2005 9月 30, D. Harlan Wilson, Pseudo-City, Raw Dog Screaming Press, →ISBN，頁號 183:
- Coincidentally there is a masochistic PCP with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) curled up in an alleyway across the street. He has been whispering 「Antidisestablishmentarianism」 to himself over and over for two days now, experiencing up to one orgasm every three hours as a result of The Pain […]
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
使用說明[編輯]
- 本詞長達15音節，不太可能單純用作其所表示的意思。正式用語是 sesquipedalophobia。