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hatthewyesterday at 1:11 AM1 replyview on HN

To me, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia feels less like vocabulary and more like trivia


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duskwuffyesterday at 7:01 AM

Yes. It is a word which seems to only be used as an example of a long and obscure word. I have never heard it used expressively, other than as a joke.