Paraskavedekatriaphobia
That's fear of Friday the 13th and also my new favorite word. How would you like to have a psychologist (or is that a psychiatrist?) diagnose that one?
posted by Heresiarch at
6:02 PM
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Stochastic musings on topics selected in a slapdash fashion. That means random comments about random stuff. Iron Lion Zion is one of my favorite Bob Marley songs. Why? See my Jan. 13th post.
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Laura, at 1:05 PM, August 14, 2006
While this is technically true, I think it important that the reader is not mislead. Therefore I must clarify:
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is a derivative of this, and only encompasses fear of the day, not the number. We wouldn't want any psychiatrist to make a blunder and misdiagnose your emotional disorder. The results could cause a chain reaction that cause Dave to delete this comment, and cut off all further contact with his blog.
P.S. You saw this on wikipedia, didn't you Dave.
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Laura, at 1:16 PM, August 14, 2006
Thanks for that clarification, Laura. I'd hate for anyone to be overly confused. It's good for people to stay close to the optimal level of confusion.
I think I looked this up because it was around Friday the 13th and I knew there was some word for this.
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Heresiarch, at 5:48 PM, September 05, 2006
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