I saw it in a website, what does it mean? paranoid about something?
2006-10-13 00:37:10 · 18 answers · asked by Andy H 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
paraskevi means Friday, dekatria means thirteen and phobia means phobia. So there you have it fear of Friday the 13th
Which is odd because the Greeks have an irrational fear of Tuesday the 13th for some reason (tritidekatriaphobia)
2006-10-13 00:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by Lupee 3 · 81⤊ 5⤋
that's in basic terms a Friday happening on the thirteenth day of the month. The day has been positioned into the context of undesirable success by way of Templar being arrested and accomplished on a Friday thirteenth.
2016-10-16 03:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
paraskevidekatriaphobia. A morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th
2006-10-13 00:41:24 · answer #3 · answered by bryony_ash83 1 · 7⤊ 2⤋
A morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th.
2006-10-13 00:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by woo hoo 2 · 6⤊ 2⤋
A morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Therapist Dr. Donald Dossey, whose specialty is treating people with irrational fears, coined the term. He claims that when you can pronounce the word you are cured.
2006-10-13 00:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by saj 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
A morbid fear of Friday the 13th
http://skepdic.com/paraskevidekatriaphobia.html
2006-10-13 00:41:25 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
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http://skepdic.com/paraskevidekatriaphobia.html
A morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Therapist Dr. Donald Dossey, whose specialty is treating people with irrational fears, coined the term. He claims that when you can pronounce the word you are cured.
If you base your belief on media attention, superstition about Friday the 13th might be the number one superstition in America today. It appears, however, that only about 10% of us believe that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day (Zusne and Jones 1989, p. 244, put the number at 7%; Vyse 2000, p. 18, cites a 1990 Gallup poll that put the number at 9%, and a 2000 survey by American Demographics put it at 13%).
Friday may be considered unlucky because Christ is thought to have been crucified on a Friday, which was execution day among the Romans. Yet, Christians don't call it Bad Friday. Friday was also Hangman's Day in Britain. Some even think that Friday was the day God threw Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, which is unlikely since the concept of Friday hadn't been invented yet.
Is Friday the 13th a particularly unlucky day? It could be...if you believe it is. Some prophecies are self-fulfilling
2006-10-13 00:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 24⤊ 6⤋
It mean that you have a fear of Friday the 13th.
2006-10-13 00:41:08 · answer #8 · answered by BG 3 · 6⤊ 4⤋
just the fear of Friday 13th.
2006-10-13 00:40:37 · answer #9 · answered by Sam E 1 · 6⤊ 2⤋
its a fear of friday the 13th
2006-10-13 00:39:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
an irrational and morbid fear of fri. 13th
2006-10-13 00:40:32 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋