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Definition of man flu in English: man flunoun mass nounhumorous, informal A cold or similar minor ailment as experienced by a man who is regarded as exaggerating the severity of the symptoms. Greg was off sick with man flu, according to his wife Example sentencesExamples - Some women will power through the flu, popping pills and drinking tea and disdainfully accusing any male silly enough to stay in bed as having a dose of man flu.
- BTW I'm not one of these blokes that does "man flu".
- It is generally believed that sufferers of man flu are exaggerating their symptoms to extract maximum sympathy from a few sniffles and force their partners to run after them with tissues, hot water bottles and painkillers.
- She said: "Women tend to talk more about their feelings generally, but men, it seems, appear to vocalize more when they're sick - that's where the myth around man flu originated."
- On the night I get to sit beside him I have a cold, and he has 'man flu'.
- Therefore he says than men get "man flu" and women get "sniffles".
- Sadly their set was shortened, as Alex was suffering from what he described as 'man flu' (!) so with a flurry of drumsticks and a crash of falling cymbals it was all over, too soon.
- I have sometimes been accused in the past of suffering from "man flu" - a flu virus that appears to hit men much harder than women.
- Only this morning, I received a message from my partner, thanking me for caring for him during his brave battle with man flu.
- On the other hand, though - and any woman who has had to nurse her partner through a bout of 'man flu' can attest to this - men are less likely to suffer in silence.
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