Triskaidekaphobia

So all these characters coming back, you know, a lot of these characters are coming back, a lot of these actors are coming back.

And my character, Ben, he has Triskaidekaphobia.

Try saying that five times fast.

It's the fear of the number 13.

That would freak me out too.

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of number

13.

Triskaidekaphobia.

See, I've never heard of that one.

I just heard of the first part.

And four of the judges had already asked their question.

And I said, do you now or have you ever suffered from Triskaidekaphobia? And if so, how are you dealing

with it? And she looked at me.

And

she went, Triskaidekaphobia.

What does that mean, please? Okay.

And she won.

The comfort is real, and sometimes superstition evolves into full-blown phobia.

Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13.

Eilurophobia, fear of cats, often tied to medieval beliefs about witches.

Nyctophobia, fear of the dark, rooted in ancient dangers that lurked beyond the firelight.

Okay.

Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number 13, and paraskedev...

You did it so beautifully.

Thank you.

And yeah, this is the sort of word that we would have liked.

I remember my mum and I talking about Triskaidekaphobia, which is just the generic fear of 13.

Right.

But I never heard of Paraskevidekatriophobia.