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gingervitis

gingervitis noun: the condition of being ginger (having reddish-brown hair), treated as if it were a disease or affliction.

Noun

gingervitis (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang) The condition of being ginger (having reddish-brown hair), treated as if it were a disease or affliction.
    • After all 96.4% of each of you Gingers infected with the Gingervitis disease know full well that you are unattractive creatures, which I believe results in your intense fear of exposing yourselves in public.2008 07, Christopher G. Wilkinson, Rubber Room Semantics, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 223
    • Perhaps a very old ginger person who hadn't quite lost all their gingervitis?'2012 August 16, Twenty Major, The Order of the Phoenix Park, Hachette Ireland, →ISBN

Origin of gingervitis

Blend of ginger + gingivitis. Coined in the South Park episode "Ginger Kids" (season 9, episode 11), which aired November 9, 2005.

Questions about gingervitis

What does gingervitis mean?
Gingervitis means the condition of being ginger (having reddish-brown hair), treated as if it were a disease or affliction.
What part of speech is gingervitis?
Gingervitis is a noun.

Words near gingervitis in the dictionary

  1. gingersnap
  2. gingersnaps
  3. gingersome
  4. gingertini
  5. gingertinis
  6. gingervitis
  7. gingerwork
  8. gingery
  9. ginges
  10. gingette
  11. gingettes

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