Triskaidekaphobia (noun): The irrational fear of the number 13.  Though it may sound like something invented to spice up Scrabble night, this phobia is alarmingly real and has been blamed for everything from mysteriously absent 13th floors in hotels to the collective existential dread that surfaces whenever Friday the 13th looms on the calendar.

This Frankenstein’s monster of a word is stitched together from Greek origins.  Tris (three), kai (and), deka (ten), and phobos (fear) were patched together to create a term that is frankly way too long to be yelled in a panic.

N.P.: “J.B. Witchdance” – Masters of Reality