Hello everyone! Well, it is a beautiful day outside and I am so very envious of all the people who will be able to spend the day outdoors and enjoy this sunny day. I really need to get out there and join them, but duty calls and work is beginning to pile up. So I will tighten my belt and get busy. Maybe if I am diligent I will complete what needs to be done right away and get to spend some time in the sun.
With that being said, let’s get today’s word of the day out of the way. Ooooh!!! I am such a Dr. Seuss wanna be… Alright, enough of that; it is serious business time. Well, as much as I can hope to be serious…
Today’s word of the day comes to us from one of my younger readers. Hadley P has submitted the word triskaidekaphobia. Whew!... Is that a mouth full or what? Well, it is pretty obvious that Hadley has stumped me with this one. I have no idea what the definition of this word is. I can speculate that it is a fear of some sort because of the phobia on the end, but I will have to defer to the online source to get a true understanding of the word.
Today’s definition of the word triskaidekaphobia comes to us from the online source- www.dictionary.reference.com
tris-kai-dek-a-pho-bi-a [tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh, tris-kuh-]
-noun
fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
Okay! That is just a little strange. I can honestly say that I have never heard of such a fear. Then again, I am sure that there are several fears that I am unaware of. Yet, who takes the time to name them? Why not just say I have a fear of the number 13? How do we get these strange words and who is making them? If anyone has the answer, let me know. I really would be interested in hearing how one comes to the determination that the letters placed together for this word gives us that specific definition. It is probably something as simple as triskaideka being the Latin word for thirteen. Anyhow, give me your thoughts.
That is all for now and I would like to say thank you to Hadley for such a great word. Until next time, remember to Read On!!!
H.R. Phillips
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