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- noun rare The
fear of Friday the 13th.
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Examples
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Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia, depending on if you trust AOL or Yahoo.
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Fear of Friday the 13th - one of the most popular myths in science - is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia.
AllDeaf.com 2009
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Fear of Friday the 13th - one of the most popular myths in science - is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia.
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LOL, paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear to Friday the 13th.
Friday the 13th Mish 2009
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Friday the 13th paraskavedekatriaphobia frost, ice, extreme cold cryophobia fur, animal skin doraphobia gaiety cherohobia garlic alliumphobia genitals (female) eurotophobia germs spermatophobia or spermophobia
pangsuan Diary Entry pangsuan 2003
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If you fear Friday the 13th, you may be surprised to hear that your phobia has a name: paraskavedekatriaphobia.
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"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
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"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
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Perhaps it's not paraskavedekatriaphobia, the Greek-sounding fear of Friday the
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Turns out the unreasonable fear of FTT has its own unreasonably long proper name: paraskavedekatriaphobia.
unknown title 2009
spicolli commented on the word paraskavedekatriaphobia
Fear of Friday the 13th.
April 15, 2007
patiomensch commented on the word paraskavedekatriaphobia
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.
April 15, 2007
oroboros commented on the word paraskavedekatriaphobia
Another alternate spelling (Reference.com)
April 20, 2007