polysyllabic

On some of the music technology sites I read, those of us who...how can I say this...have no objection to polysyllabic words sometimes take a lot of flak, as there are certain breeds of musicians and engineers who pride themselves on communicating in grunts. Granted, they're usually mighty poetic grunts, but there you go. Luckily, the grunters are for the most part cheerfully funny about the whole thing, as are the SAT-word slingers. Last week, someone prefaced a reply to me with:

I'm not sure I'm smart enough to get into a conversation with some who can use the word "ameliorated" in a sentence but my humble opinion...

His humble opinion, of course, was intelligent, informed, and correct.
At any rate, I saw this one lobbed at somebody this morning, and I almost choked on my coffee:

Originally posted by **********:It's a kind of xenophobia.
Woh. Easy on the vocabulary, dude. That's more syllables than I see in an entire week. Are you saying they're afraid of hunky women on horseback?

Hee hee. Score one for the hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobics.