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Word for the Day: 11-24-13 triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\ (noun) - Fear or a phobia concerning the number 13. Despite NASAs seemingly ingrained case of triskaidekaphobia, which forced managers to impose the bizarre, 13-free numbering system on its flights, the crew of perhaps the most important Shuttle mission to date clearly were unsure if STS-41C was supposed to be unlucky or not. -- Ben Evans, Space Shuttle Challenger: Ten Journeys into the Unknown Triskaidekaphobia is from Greek treiskaideka, triskaideka, thirteen (treis, three + kai, and + deka, ten) + phobos, fear.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:51:56 +0000

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