lurgy

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A fictitious, highly infectious disease; often used in the phrase "the dreaded lurgy", sometimes as a reference to flu-like symptoms
A fictitious, yet highly infectious disease; almost always used in the phrase "the dreaded lurgy", sometimes as a reference to flu-like symptoms"
lurgy

    Synonyme

    cooties

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    Etymologie

    () A nonce word originally found in Southern English dialect, often credited as being invented by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, scriptwriters for a 9 November 1954 programme of The Goon Show, "Lurgi Strikes Britain", in which Ned Seagoon must deal with a national outbreak of a highly dangerous, highly infectious and — as it turns out — highly fictitious disease known as the Dreaded Lurgi.Quinion, Michael. "." World Wide Words. Folk etymologies for this word include: * a corruption and contraction of the allergy. This is not supported by the use of the hard 'g' in lurgy (rhyming with Fergie), as allergy has a softer 'g' sound similar to a hard 'j'. However, Harry Secombe's son on a BBC radio programme confirmed that the term arose from a deliberate mis-reading by Spike Milligan of "allergy", saying "a lurgy".reference needed * based on the Northern English dialectic phrase fever-lurgy (“lazy or idle”). * based on a gaelic term indicating a negative change in life. For example, "Lhergy" (Manx Gaelic spelling used) is a hill-farm in Gaelic, and the associated anglo-manx proverb "Goin' down the Lhergy" means "Going downhill in life". Milligan was of Irish extraction, so may have encountered a similar proverb.reference needed
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