Friday 13th October 2000 was quite probably the worst day of my life. Let's see what tomorrow's like....
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What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
Defined as "a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of long words", each year, this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress.
Jeff-We stop learning when We die, and some
people just don't know They're dead yet!
Member of the COC!
Minister of Confused Knightly Defence (MCKD)
Food for thought...
- Remember when naps were a bad thing?
- Remember 3 is the magic number....
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. As a confirmed sesquipedalian, I believe that this circumlocution is so contrived as to be meaningless, notwithstanding its obfuscated radical etymology.
OTOH, the original word in this thread is crystal clear in its roots:
paraskevi is the exact Greek word for Friday
dekatria is 13
phobia is, well, phobia or fear
and is therefore 100% Greek.
On this island, there is no paraskevidekatriaphobia but there is tritidekatriaphobia, as Tuesday the 13th is considered unlucky according to the local superstitions.Brian (the devil incarnate)
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/happy dance onOriginally posted by VJ
Well, I have to go for a medical test (in order to get my private pilot practice licence)...
/happy dance off
^just for clarification: I passed !
JörgLast edited by VJ; 13 February 2004, 08:20.
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Well it's been a slightly unusual, but by no means bad, day in the life of Ribbit.
I did spend a few minutes around someone who was using a machete, though. After she warned me not to get too close, I couldn't help but think about how today was Friday the 13th, and tomorrow was Valentine's Day....Blah blah blah nick blah blah confusion, blah blah blah blah frog.
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and i'm having an IUD put in tomorrow (screams AAAARRRGGGGHHHH).....darn thing better still work



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