i find it hard to believe that a phycologist actually named this. i also find it hard to believe that this is based on any preexisting terms, seeing as the first part of the word is hippopotamus mixed with monster, roses, and squid. what i think happened is some jackass named this as a joke and it actually caught on, and through years of being used by phycologists during very rare cases a dictionary picked it up, and as we all know, everything in a dictionary is suddenly a real loving word.