Word for the Day, Friday The Thirteenth, 2008 ~ Paraskavedekatriaphobia ~

Phobia Dictionary ^

[tioga]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Noun

Fear of Friday the 13th.

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Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

[tioga]

Do YOU have paraskavedekatriaphobia?

[tioga]

Have no fear, WFTD is here!

Happy Friday the 13th!!!

[tioga]

Happy Birthday to ME!
Happy Birthday to ME!
Happy Birthday dear MEeee,
Happy Birthday to ME!

[CholeraJoe]

Friday the 13th is considered unlucky because on Friday October 13, 1309 the leadership of the Knights Templar including Grand Master Jacques DeMolay were rounded up and imprisoned at the order of the King of France and the Pope.

DeMolay was subsequently burned at the stake on March 18, 1314.

[CholeraJoe]

Happy Birthday, ti!

[NicknamedBob]

Good Morning!

It’s Payday.

Well, it would be if I were “gainfully employed”. For me, that’s an oxymoron.

[NicknamedBob]

Happy Birthday, Ti!

I should send you a present.

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Present.

[tioga]

Interesting.

thanks for the birthay greeting........I was a Father’s Day baby and it falls on Father’s Day again this year.

[tioga]

Ha, ha.

Tx for the b’day wishes.

[tioga]

-wonder who gets the 13th post on Friday the 13th?

[NeoCaveman]

The EUro-statists are getting a case of paraskavedekatriaphobia as they watch the referendum returns from Ireland.

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Ugh.

Does that mean I need another 12 cups of coffree?

[tioga]

good for them! A+++

[Gabz]

I’m suffering from a case of Paraskavedekatriaphobia today -— it’s the last day of school.........

[tioga]

IF you have already had twelve cups stop now. overdosing on caffiene won’t help..........

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Fear of large-chested East German ice skaters: PairofKaterinaphobia.

[CholeraJoe]

They don't look scary at all.

See, everyone? This is what real boobs look like when they are scrunched.

[theDentist]

Happy Birthday Tioga!

[tioga]

what’s scary is that she can’t take her eyes off her own girls............

[tioga]

A+++

very creative........LOL

[tioga]

-tx tD! LOVE it!

[NeoCaveman]

Happy Birthday Ti.

[xsmommy]

no doubt he deserved it! ; )

[NeoCaveman]

I’m still wanting to release all the killers at Club Gitmo to Anthony Kennedy’s neighborhood.

[tioga]

thank you! yummy, chocolate!

[tioga]

good idea! I am shocked at that ruling.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Happy Birthday, tioga. We have something in common. I was a Mother’s Day baby (May 11) and my birthday fell on Mother’s Day this year.

[AFPhys]

If I can’t pronounce a word it is useless to me.

How the heck is this one pronounced? I can’t even read this one straight!

However it is, it seems that Triskaidekaphobia is much easier to say, and it seems a perfectly good synonym.

[CholeraJoe]

If I had a set like that, I’d never leave the house.

[NeoCaveman]

I guess in the future we’ll just try not to take prisoners, and when we have to we’ll outsource the prisoner holding to the Egyptians....

And the Egyptians do not have our scruples when it comes to prisoners.

[xsmommy]

happy bday TI!

[CholeraJoe]

Don’t make me smack you!

[xsmommy]

exactly.

[tioga]

whoaaaAA! that is a spooky coincidence!

[xsmommy]

isn’t that some satanic MASON thang? ; )

[tioga]

it's gorgeous! Thanks.

[xsmommy]

so what is the plan for Sunday? i hope you will be properly feted!

[tioga]

if YOU had a set like that you shouldn’t leave the house...........man boobs are NOT meant to look like that!

[xsmommy]

they can create anything with fondant, can’t they?

[tioga]

I always say Father’s Day is a generic man made holiday, whilst birthdays are God given and my b’day does trump Father’s Day.....

[tioga]

food that good SHOULD look pretty! I would be on a sugar high if that were a real cake, fortunately we seldom get cake on our birthdays around here.

[LonePalm]

Triscuitdekaphobia

Word For The Day Thread Eats 6/13/08

The chef is here. Good eats for everyone.

Triskaidekaphobia is not the fear of nutritious snack crackers. It is the fear of the number 13. The idea that Friday the thirteenth is unlucky goes back to the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon otherwise known as the Knights Templar. The success of the Templars was tied closely to the success of the Crusades. When the Holy Land was lost and the Templars suffered crushing defeats, support for the Order's existence faltered. Rumors about the Templars' secret initiation ceremony caused mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, began pressuring Pope Clement V to take action. Things came to a head on Friday, October 13, 1307, when King Philip caused many of the Order's members in France to be arrested, tortured into "confessions", and burned at the stake.

Hot Artichoke Dip

Cheese and Crackers

Masonic Chef

Not a use of the WFTD but Happy Birthday anyway.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[tioga]

Tx — I shall not fear the cracker! NOr it’s calories!

[spotbust1]

Evidently not. I eloped 14 years ago on Friday the 13.

(And I still love him)

[When do we get liberated?]

Born on mothers day here

[spotbust1]

Hope your Friday the 13th birthday is very lucky.

[spotbust1]

-wonder who gets the 13th post on Friday the 13th?

Well tioga of course. ;-)

[spotbust1]

they can create anything with fondant, can’t they?

What would be funny is if this was the caption for picture at post 17.

[xsmommy]

yes it would, and i saw all sorts of risque fondant cake creations when searching out Ti’s cake!!

[spotbust1]

I bet you can’t post a single one here can you, this being a family friendly thread and all.