A Kentucky cross-country runner had a case of hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, or fear of the number 666. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Fear of the Number 666”
I was reading a news item online the other day, and I came across a word that has 29 letters, Grant. It was in a news report.
What is it?
It’s hexacossioi hexekuntahexaphobia.
And was this a stunt word, or is this a real word they just kind of mentioned in passing?
Well, it made it into a whole lot of news reports because hexacossioi hexacontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666.
Oh, I see.
You hear all the hexes in there, like hexagonal, right?
And there was a cross-country athlete in Kentucky who was going to be running a race, and they gave her that number, 666, and she refused to run in the race.
Oh, she didn’t just turn it upside down?
I’m making $999.
Come on, lady, get with it.
Grant, you have an answer for everything.
That’s perfect.
I know my wife says that, but she doesn’t laugh.
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