hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

main entry: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
part of speech: noun
definition: fear of long words
number of letters: 36

so all semester, and prior to my travels, i get a "word" of the day from dictionary.com. however, that is unrelated. i discovered this word when i looked up the world hippopotamus, needless to say i was absolutely amazed by this jumble of letters. just interesting.