triskaidekaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia is an abnormal fear of anything related to the number 13.

As luck would have it, nobody working at that address suffers from triskaidekaphobia or fear of the number 13.

(Ages 8 and up) How often do you find a comic novel about triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13?

Fear of the number 13 has a specifically recognized phobia, Triskaidekaphobia, a word which was coined in 1911.

Not surprisingly, the most common superstition appears to be triskaidekaphobia, or fear of the number 13, as in Friday the 13th.

See: Triskaidekaphobia.

The superstitious sufferers of triskaidekaphobia try to avoid bad luck by keeping away from anything numbered or labelled thirteen.

In these and in the tens, the kai is frequently omitted, though not in triskaidekaphobia.

The broadcaster also told the press that there would be thirteen housemates with a theme of "unlucky thirteen," inspired by triskaidekaphobia.

When numbered seats were installed in Representatives Hall, the number thirteen was purposely omitted in deference to triskaidekaphobia.

But the Lokrians don't suffer from triskaidekaphobia, even if the name comes from pieces of classical Lokrian.

(The inconsistency of triskaidekaphobia with the table above is explained by the fact that the Greek letter kappa can be transliterated either "c" or "k".)

It is thought to be the only English language computer magazine to mention words such as Chryselephantine, Cromniomancy and Triskaidekaphobia.

Triskaidekaphobia 13,000.00 MilliSeconds (Ratskin 2009)

The Las Vegas Hilton is one of few western hotels to not suffer from triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) by having a 13th floor.

While triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13 - is a common, if usually mild phobia in the US, McCann felt that it was his lucky number.

The Hungarian representative, Miss Bianca, volunteers to accept the case and chooses Bernard, a stammering janitor who has triskaidekaphobia, as her co-agent.

The High of Kerala building in Kochi had not assigned Number 13 to any of its courtrooms due to triskaidekaphobia.

Triskaidekaphobia Times Three The Washington Post leads with the threatened resignation of Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy.

(Triskaidekaphobia) 13,000.00 Milliseconds (2008, Ratskin Records, CD Compilation)

(Ms. Schimmel cites an article of mine showing that triskaidekaphobia costs the United States roughly a billion dollars a year in canceled travel plans and missed work.)

The superstition surrounding Friday the 13th is actually a combination of two separate fears - the fear of the number 13, called triskaidekaphobia, and the fear of Fridays.

The building is notable for having no designated thirteenth floor, meaning that despite the top floor being designated "16", it is really a fifteen-story building (an example of Triskaidekaphobia).

His trademark is the use of large words, such as triskaidekaphobia whenever any number 13 comes up, as well as his exuberant play calling in the most exciting moments of the game.

Triskaidekaphobia Question: My town has just issued street numbers to all property as part of the institution of the emergency 911 system They have chosen to assign the number 13 to our property.