If you are looking for a hip new word to wow friends with (unless this word isn’t new to you), try “soporific”. It means something that puts you to sleep. Example, “Most news programs are soporific.” Or, “I found the Grapes of Wrath to be soporific.”
What hip words do you like to use that you’ve learned recently?
Hellenologophobia: fear of complex scientific terminology.
Oh yes.
…but perhaps, the persons who find complex science boring or “soporific” are actually hellenologophobic? Just a thought.