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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:44 AM Dec 2017

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Sesquipedalophobia: the fear of long words (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2017 OP

Sounds like something that would mean: DFW Dec 2017 #1

Scary! Ohiya Dec 2017 #2

HAH! nt zanana1 Dec 2017 #4

Ah, so it isn't the fear of 150 children... surrealAmerican Dec 2017 #5

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1. Sounds like something that would mean:

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:38 AM

Dec 2017

"Fear of one and a half bike pedals."

In a country where most kids grow up on a bicycle, that sounds like a very legitimate fear indeed.

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2. Scary!

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:15 AM

Dec 2017

Brrr....

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3. Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz? Gesundheit.

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:24 AM

Dec 2017

Sesquipedalophobia is the fear of the Welsh.

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4. HAH! nt

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 09:42 AM

Dec 2017

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5. Ah, so it isn't the fear of 150 children...

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 11:50 AM

Dec 2017

... even though that many children in one place can be scary.