| 单词 | blue flu |
| 释义 | blue flu in American English US a sickout, esp. by policemen Word origin so named from the traditional color of police uniformsblue flu in American Englishnoun absenteeism among police officers or firefighters who claim to be ill but are in fact absent to support union contract demands or negotiations: so called from the officers' blue uniforms Word origin [1965–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, Finlandization, double-book, hired gun, isometric exerciseExamples of 'blue flu' in a sentence |
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