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space herpes

space herpes noun: a generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.

Noun

space herpes (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.
    • Ice Pirates “A ‘Star Wars’ rip-off with S&M scenes, twelfth-rate jokes, and ‘space herpes’”1985, “1984 entertainment: Movies to see and shun”, in Michiganensian, volume 89, page 60
    • Oh! Did we mention that there are families aboard the Enterprise? Yeah, it turns out there are. Because Starfleet did this study and realized that Space Herpes - also known as Kirk's Syndrome - spreads considerably slower if its officers have their spouses and children onboard their ship.2009 September 17, Wil Wheaton, quotee, “Wil Wheaton's ‘Memories of the Futurecast’ Engages us With Awesome”, in Wired

Questions about space herpes

What does space herpes mean?
Space herpes means a generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.
What part of speech is space herpes?
Space herpes is a noun.

Words near space herpes in the dictionary

  1. space heater
  2. space heaters
  3. space heating
  4. space helmet
  5. space helmets
  6. space herpes
  7. space hopper
  8. space hoppers
  9. space ice cream
  10. space invader
  11. space invaders

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