Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. rare The fear of Friday the 13th.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Παρασκευή Friday + δεκατρείς thirteen + -phobia (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Fear of Friday the 13th - one of the most popular myths in science - is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia.”
“Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia, depending on if you trust AOL or Yahoo.”
“LOL, paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear to Friday the 13th.”
“Friday the 13th paraskavedekatriaphobia frost, ice, extreme cold cryophobia fur, animal skin doraphobia gaiety cherohobia garlic alliumphobia genitals (female) eurotophobia germs spermatophobia or spermophobia”
“Perhaps it's not paraskavedekatriaphobia, the Greek-sounding fear of Friday the”
“If you fear Friday the 13th, you may be surprised to hear that your phobia has a name: paraskavedekatriaphobia.”
“They're afraid something tragic or ominous would happen," said Donald Dossey, a North Carolina behavioral scientist and author who said he named the fear -- paraskavedekatriaphobia”
“They're afraid something tragic or ominous would happen," said Donald Dossey, a North Carolina behavioral scientist and author who said he named the fear - paraskavedekatriaphobia”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘paraskavedekatriaphobia’.
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ecbrenner's list
flatline, luddism, apocalipstick, muttsucker, leviathan of fore..., flint, coryphaeus, donnybrook, bandwidth, bagpipe the mizen, cheesed off, asterism and 525 more...
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φόβος
ablutophobia, acarophobia, acerophobia, agliophobia, batophobia, bibliophobia, brontophobia, bufonophobia, cacophobia, caligynephobia, catoptrophobia, chaetophobia and 221 more...
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words that trip off the tongue
ideology, phallocentric, parapraxis, gelid, illusion, tangible, tangibility, crux, medusa, noir, chloroform, chap and 98 more...
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rduke's Words
misguggle, ken, sere, etiolated, gelid, digladiate, popinjay, bathykolpian, conglaciation, hyperborean, callipygian, vagile and 1253 more...
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phobias
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acousticophobia, aeronausiphobia, agateophobia, agoraphobia, agraphobia, agyrophobia, allodoxaphobia, ambulophobia, anuptaphobia, apeirophobia, apotemnophobia, athazagoraphobia and 14 more...
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Numbers To Be Afraid Of.
Number-related linguistic jujitsu.
paraskavedekatria..., triskaidekaphobia, hexakosioihexekon..., tetraphobia, arithmophobia, numerophobia, octophobia, quasihemidemisemi...
Tweets
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oroboros Another alternate spelling (Reference.com) Apr 20, 2007
patiomensch Hmm.. we have two versions of this up now, each with a different spelling. I wonder which one is correct. does search
Oh, apparently, paraskavedekatriaphobia and paraskevodekatriaphobia and paraskevidekatriaphobia are all correct. Nice. Apr 15, 2007
spicolli Fear of Friday the 13th. Apr 15, 2007