Shashi Tharoor, Thiruvananthapuram MP, is known for his wit and verbal prowess. Thanks to Twitter, every now and then people get glimpses of his rich vocabulary which never fails to spark chatter ...

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia and sesquipedalian are rather ironic terms when you consider their definitions. It goes without saying that once Tharoor introduced the word via a tweet at 12:18 am ...

At first glance, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia seems to be more like a spelling challenge than a real word. Ironically, that reaction is exactly the intention ...

Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is known to use words that often drag people to seek the help of dictionaries. While talking about his new book, ‘The Paradoxical Prime ...

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday in his classic way came up with yet another unusual word 'hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia' on Twitter, which ...