Comments on 'An Ironic Fear'Fears. Everyone has them, I suppose. But I was never a cliche. I could sleep without a light, I didn't mind spiders. I could play rough and tumble with the best of them. Fearless Julie.
Fast forward to seventh grade. "Does anyone know what the longest word in the dictionary is?" My English teacher asked innocently. Hands waved.
"Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!"
"That's not in the dictionary, dummy!"
"Antidisestablishmentarianism!"
I cowered in my seat, covering my ears. My body began to tremble. The other kids were starting to look at me funny. "I think she doesn't feel well," said Steve, who was sitting next to me.
"Julie, are you alright?" The teacher asked. I could not reply, just looked at her with wide eyes. Suddenly she began to laugh.
"What?" I managed to croak out. I was not under the impression that this was terribly funny.
"Julie, you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia! The fear..."
_I don't have any fears!_ I thought stubbornly.
"of long words!"
I ran screaming from the room. 2007-10-21T01:56:29Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/10496Comment on An Ironic Fear<p>stov- er, steve, <em>why</em> are you able to spell that without spell check?<br />~<br />nice job – i was gonna enter with hippopotomonstosesquippedaliophobia as my entry, but whtevr. i saw it in my agenda last year and i thought it was hilarious =] dreamer – i too lovee the word!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=189202007-10-21T01:56:29ZOne Time, One Chancehttp://ficlets.com/authors/one_chanceComment on An Ironic Fear<p>Rofl!<br />Very funny.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=164542007-10-08T02:46:27ZShadowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/xxxshadowComment on An Ironic Fear<p><strong>Gasp</strong> hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is my favorite word! I’m like obsessed with it.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=163682007-10-07T17:18:36ZDreamerhttp://ficlets.com/authors/dreamerComment on An Ironic Fear<p>Wow…I did not know that. That’s…um…very interesting!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=163542007-10-07T15:05:59Zsomeday_93http://ficlets.com/authors/someday_93Comment on An Ironic Fear<p>Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust found in volcanoes.’ It was created simply to serve as the longest English word. (and to scare people apparently! muhahaha!) The more widely used term is pneumoconiosis.</p>
<pre><code>find this info on wikipedia!</code></pre>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=163232007-10-07T03:59:18ZYeah Write!http://ficlets.com/authors/yeahwriteComment on An Ironic Fear<p>i think he made it up… it looks like…</p>
<pre><code>pneumonia... ultra... microscopic... silicon... volcano... coniosis (whatever that is)</code></pre>
<p>funny story! hilarious even!</p>
<p>I will be back with the meaning of that word… if it’s not a mischievous trick!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=163222007-10-07T03:54:19ZYeah Write!http://ficlets.com/authors/yeahwriteComment on An Ironic Fear<p>What on earth does that long word mean?</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=158572007-10-03T22:22:25Zsomeday_93http://ficlets.com/authors/someday_93Comment on An Ironic Fear<p>Hmm, I rather liked it.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=158332007-10-03T21:05:02ZLaine the Greyhttp://ficlets.com/authors/lainegreyComment on An Ironic Fear<p>Oh, you skipped “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”. <em>That’s</em> the longest word in the English language. (I spelled that without spellcheck or anything, I feel special!)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=158112007-10-03T20:32:12ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohoboComment on An Ironic Fear<p>Oh, yes, naturally they are well intentioned professionals. Clearly they had some reason for this, um, <em>interesting</em> word choice.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=155352007-10-02T15:08:37Zsomeday_93http://ficlets.com/authors/someday_93Comment on An Ironic Fear<p>And they would have to make the term for a fear of long words the longest freaking word possible. Aren’t psychiatrists just absolute basta….I mean, well intentioned professionals, and stuff.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=155242007-10-02T13:58:36ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on An Ironic Fear<p>yeah, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia <em>is</em> actually the fear of long words…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=153282007-10-01T14:10:22Zsomeday_93http://ficlets.com/authors/someday_93Comment on An Ironic Fear<p>i like this</p>
<p>i thought it was very funny</p>
<p>check the phobia list on the net and i think there is actually a real phobia of long words</p>
<p>i know lol</p>
<p>but this was great…it made me laugh</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=152592007-10-01T01:20:42Zartistsrunwildhttp://ficlets.com/authors/artistsrunwildComment on An Ironic Fear<p> LOL !!!!!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/10496?basename=152142007-09-30T23:35:38ZThree Gryphon[s]http://ficlets.com/authors/three_gryphon%5Bs%5D