con crud
/kɒn kɹʌd/
con crud noun: an illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.
Noun
con crud (uncountable)
- An illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.
- Much has been said about those who go to furry and SciFi conventions and return with the "Con Crud."1999 September 18, Allen Kitchen, “A proposal for ALFers”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), message-ID <A6D29FFCD278DB9B.8E59F475769021D7.8D510A7C0C424992@lp.airnews.net>
- The root canal will be done again as soon as I've recovered from my Worldcon dose of con crud.2002 September 19, Julia Jones, “Re: US Dentristy and Optometry”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <BmkrtFJ+Zli9Ewvi@jajones.demon.co.uk>
Examples of con crud in a sentence
- any con crud? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((2003 September 22, diane, “Re: Gatecon report”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet), message-ID <20030922013153387+0100@news.btinternet.com>:
- [I]t [the 6-2-1 Rule] is a well-known rule that every con-goer should follow, because it will help you to avoid the dreaded con crud.2017 June 10, Lightning Bliss, “Lightning Bliss's Guide to Con Survival”, in YouTube:
Synonyms of con crud
Forms of con crud
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Origin of con crud
From con + crud (“disease”). The former part a shortening of conference or convention. The latter part meaning any disease, from earlier army and student slang for venereal disease (“sexually transmitted disease”).
Words that rhyme with con crud
Questions about con crud
- What does con crud mean?
- Con crud means an illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.
- How do you use con crud in a sentence?
- any con crud? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((
- What part of speech is con crud?
- Con crud is a noun.
- How do you pronounce con crud?
- Con crud is pronounced /kɒn kɹʌd/.
Words near con crud in the dictionary
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