Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

The phenomenon whereby the dread or apprehension of lexemes of considerable length is encapsulated within an appellation that is, ironically and perhaps with an intentional display of lexical humor, itself protracted in nature, might lead one to surmise, albeit metaphorically, that the lexicographical tome, that august compendium of linguistic signifiers, is engaged in an act of mirthful derision at the expense of those subject to said phobia.