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Ironically, the fear of long words is called hippopotamus monstrosesquipedaliophobia... Such a word can be scary at first glance, but if you take your time and divide it into its components, it turns out that it is quite easy to pronounce. Some people may think this phobia is contrived, but such a word for the fear of long words does exist.

Steps

1. 1 Get to know the word. This is hippopotamus monstrosesquipedaliophobia.
2. 2 Divide the word into root words.Hippopotamus-monster-sesquipedalio-phobia. Hippopotho is a distorted word hippopotamus, monster comes from Latin monstrum and means monster, sesquipedalio comes from english sesquipedalian, which translates to a very long word, whereas phobia is excessive or irrational fear.
3. 3 Divide the word into parts that are comfortable to pronounce.Hippo-poto-monster-sesqui-pedal-phobia.
4. 4 Start with hippo. Pronounce syllables hip-by.
5. 5 Then say sweat. Pronounce syllables somehow.
6. 6 Next comes monster. Tell monstro.
7. 7 Now tell sesqui. Say ses-qui.
8. 8 Tell pedal. Say ne-da-li-oh.
9. 9 End with a word phobia. Tell phobia.
10. 10 Practice pronouncing each part.
11. 11 Say the whole word.Hip-po-to-mon-stro-ses-qui-pe-da-li-o-fo-bi-ya.
12. 12 Practice pronouncing the word until it bounces off your teeth.

Tips

• People often take a subtle pause between hippo and sesquipedaliophobia, because they want not to get confused and pronounce the word correctly.
• If you are familiar with the international phonetic transcription system, you can pronounce this word even in English: /ˌhɪ.pə.pɒ.təˈmɒn.strəˌsɛ.skwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪəˌfoʊ.bɪə/.