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featured prominently on MTV's TV show, My Super Sweet Sixteen. SEVENTEEN Sweet seventeen - расцвет молодости (о семнадцати¬ летней девушке) EIGHTEEN Eighteen - число восемнадцать It may be interesting to know that Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 was originally named Catch-18 because of the Hebrew meaning of the number, but was amended to the published title to avoid confusion with another war novel. The Hebrew word for "life" has a numerical value of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life. • I n Chinese tradition, the number 18 normally means that one is going to prosper. Thus, building floors numbered "18" are often very expensive in China. Contrastingly, though, the floor 18 of a building in Northern China is viewed as a floor to be avoided, as one can never return from the 18th level of hell. • I n most countries 18 is the age of majority. • I n neo-Nazi circles, 18 is a notorious code word for Adolf Hitler. The number comes from the position of the letters in the alphabet: A = 1, H = 8. Eighteen wheeler (Am sl) - грузовик с прицепом Truck and trailer: How about that southbound eighteen wheeler? 109