Fear of Friday the 13th
Many of you have heard of triskaidekaphobia which is the fear of the number 13, but what about people who fear Friday the 13th in its entirety? Those people suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia. With today’s calendar turning to that fateful date, sufferers might also want to know this word in case they are writing to someone explaining the Friday the 13th fear: ortographobia. What is ortographobia, you ask? The fear of spelling mistakes.
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Read on:
ChaCha.com – What is the name of fear of spelling words wrong?
Zap2It.com – Have Paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th)? Today is not your day
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