{"id":4795,"date":"2019-10-16T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2019-10-17T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T13:00:38","slug":"thats-the-word-for-it-triskaidekaphobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/16\/thats-the-word-for-it-triskaidekaphobia\/","title":{"rendered":"That’s the Word for it: Triskaidekaphobia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tongue twister was coined by Coriat (1911; Simpson and Weiner 1992). The fear of the number thirteen has led to some strange numerical decisions- many high-rise hotels don’t have a thirteenth floor. The idea of 13 as evil has been associated with the 13 people present during the Last Supper. The fear of Friday the thirteenth is called dubbed paraskevidekatriaphobia.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example of how Stephen King explained Triskaidekaphobia without mentioning it:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were fourteen steps exactly fourteen. But the top one was smaller, out of proportion, as if it had been added to avoid the evil number.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Stephen King,\u00a0<\/span>‘Salem’s Lot<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This tongue twister was coined by Coriat (1911; Simpson and Weiner 1992). The fear of the number thirteen has led to some strange numerical decisions- many high-rise hotels don’t have a thirteenth floor. The idea of 13 as evil has been associated with the 13 people present during the Last Supper. The fear of Friday … Continue reading “That’s the Word for it: Triskaidekaphobia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[251],"tags":[349,348],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1fl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4902,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/04\/thats-the-word-for-it-eponymous\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":0},"title":"That's the Word for It: Eponymous","date":"March 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The word eponymous has to do what is named. 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