Cris Angeles: Art Blog

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia,
also known as sesquippedaliophobia, is the fear of long words.

Some people believe that “hippopoto” means “giant”, but it doesn’t, the actual word comes from the greek hippopotamos, that stands for “river horse”, it was placed in the word to make it longer, as well as the latin steam “monstr” (as in monstrosus).

Maybe they did it because this way by saying the name of your phobia a lot of times you will be eventually cured of it. =D

Other phobias that could be a nightmare for a
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic are:

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia, fear of friday the 13th.
Triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number 13.
Didaskaleinophobia, fear of going to school
Kakorrhaphiophobia, fear of failure or defeat.
Logizomechanophobia, fear of computers.
The list goes on and on…

According to the www.phobialist.com, we are all phobic. There seems to be a phobia (real or fictional) for almost everything.

What do you fear?

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A little detail on today’s illustration:

Medium: Paint Shop Pro

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I’m constantly amazed by nature.

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