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From: ecl@hocsj.UUCP
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Subject: Re: TP being sued (triskadekaphobia)
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 07:39:27 EST
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Reference: <768@sunybcs.UUCP>, <341@ptsfa.UUCP>

> (***triskadecaphobic: Someone with an irrational fear of the number 13.)

Not to be confused with someone with a *rational* fear of the number 13!

(Sorry.)  Actually it's 'triskadekaphobic' (note spelling) and the forms are:
	'triskadekaphobe' -- one who is afraid of the number 13 (noun)
	'triskadekaphobic' -- afraid of the number 13 (adj.)
	'triskadekaphobia' -- fear of the number 13 (noun)
though I imagine that 'triskadekaphobic' could be a parallel construction to
'paraplegic' et al.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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