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Originally posted by Trixxxia
From m-w.com:
Main Entry: tris·kai·deka·pho·bia
Pronunciation: "tris-"kI-"de-k&-'fO-bE-&, "tris-k&-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek treiskaideka thirteen (from treis three + kai and + deka ten) + New Latin phobia -- more at THREE, TEN
: fear of the number 13
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On se couche moins niaisseuse 'a soir!!
*Translation*
I'll go to bed less ignorant tonight
That's a word I never heard - *and I rhyme too*
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Thanks for a massively cool post!
(Love the rhyme!)
I'm a word freak. Once upon a time, in another life and on another board, I signed an off the cuff post "The Diction Nazi." ("Diction" means "word choice" for those of you in the cheap seats.) It broke up the immediate planet and the nick sort of stuck as an "alternative character."