Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun:
triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun:
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Fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
Fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
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While the B.O. may not suffer from triskaidekaphobia as some other presidents have, he certainly does suffer from a severe case of truthaphobia!
While the B.O. may not suffer from triskaidekaphobia as some other presidents have, he certainly does suffer from a severe case of truthaphobia!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Triskaidekaphobia is from Greek treiskaideka, triskaideka, thirteen (treis, three + kai, and + deka, ten) + phobos, fear.
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Some famous triskaidekaphobes*:
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Napoleon
Herbert Hoover
Mark Twain
Richard Wagner
Franklin Roosevelt
Napoleon
Herbert Hoover
Mark Twain
Richard Wagner
Franklin Roosevelt
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*Source: "It's just bad luck that the 13th is so often a Friday," Electronic Telegraph, September 8, 1996
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