Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.

In a cruel twist of fate, there’s also hippopoto-monstro-sesquipedaliophobia, which some use to describe the fear of very long words. You might think it’s a bit mean to name the phobia after ...

Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MDMedically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Also known as ...