Some words of the day are more interesting than others. Today’s Dictionary.com word appropriately enough (it is a Friday the 13th) is triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number 13 or Friday the 13th. Don’t miss the list of famous triskaidekaphobes… “Triskaidekaphobia is a fairly new word (first found in print in 1911) formed from Greek treiskaideka, triskaideka, ‘thirteen’ (treis, ‘three’ + kai, ‘and’ + deka, ‘ten’) + phobos, ‘fear.’ The adjective form is triskaidekaphobic. One who fears the number 13 is a triskaidekaphobe or triskaidekaphobic. There are many theories about the origin of triskaidekaphobia. In medieval Christian countries the number 13 … Continue reading Triskaidekaphobia