| 单词 | the dreaded lurgy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe dreaded lurgy 2. slang (humorous, originally British Military, now chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand). A non-specific disease (originally, an imagined virulently infectious disease; later, any familiar illness). Frequently with the. Often in the dreaded lurgy.Popularized by the British radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951–60), particularly by the 1954 episode ‘Lurgi strikes Britain’ (see quot. 1954); cf. goon n. 4. See also nadger n. 1 for another term of this type associated with the Goons. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] soreOE cothec1000 sicknessc1000 evilc1275 maladyc1275 grievance1377 passiona1382 infirmityc1384 mischiefa1387 affectiona1398 grievinga1398 grief1398 sicka1400 case?a1425 plaguec1425 diseasea1475 alteration1533 craze1534 uncome1538 impediment1542 affliction?1555 ailment1606 disaster1614 garget1615 morbus1630 ail1648 disaffect1683 disorder1690 illness1692 trouble1726 complaint1727 skookum1838 claim1898 itis1909 bug1918 wog1925 crud1932 bot1937 lurgy1947 Korean haemorrhagic fever1951 nadger1956 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > fictitious disease the dreaded lurgy1947 lurgy1947 1947 Amer. Speech 22 304/2 Lergy (the). This..is pronounced with a hard ‘g’ and is a completely mythological disease against which every soldier is warned at one time or another, and with which almost every disease is identified. Variants of this are many and diverse, usually exhibiting geographical characteristics: the Malayan Lergy, the Progressive Indonesian Lergy, etc. 1952 S. Milligan & L. Stephens Goon Show (B.B.C. Radio script: 2nd Ser. No. 24) 8 Harry. Now, you claim that if we set you up in a well-equipped laboratory, you will find the cure for almost everything. Mike. (dramatically) Yes—including the dreaded Lurgi. 1954 E. Sykes & S. Milligan Goon Show (B.B.C. Radio script: 5th Ser. No. 7) 2 On the Isle of Ewe, the dreaded Lurgi struck—in six weeks..Lurgi had destroyed the entire population. 1986 More (N.Z.) Feb. 129/1 If the books are to be believed, chooks are prone to a whole nest of lurgies. 1993 B. Anderson All Nice Girls (1994) v. 92 Eunice Glover had come down with a lurgy and she knew it was short notice but could Sophie slip down? 2015 Daily Mirror 4 Sept. 12 Lots of sex boosts our immune systems and helps us fight off coughs, colds and other lurgies. < as lemmas |
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