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→‎Synonyms: never heard of "con crud" myself, but I've heard of this being referred to as the "con flu"
 
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{{also|concrud}}
==English==
==English==


===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* [[concrud]]
* {{l|en|concrud}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From a shortening of {{m|en|conference}} or {{m|en|convention}}, and {{m|en|crud|gloss=disease}}, originally army and student slang for {{m|en|venereal disease|gloss=sexually transmitted disease}}.
From {{compound|en|con|crud|gloss2=disease}}. The former part a shortening of {{m|en|conference}} or {{m|en|convention}}. The latter part meaning any disease, from earlier army and student slang for {{m|en|venereal disease|gloss=sexually transmitted disease}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/kɒn kɹʌd/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/kɒn kɹʌd/}}
* {{rhymes|ʌd|lang=en}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌd|s=2}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|head=[[con]] [[crud]]|-}}
{{en-noun|-}}


# {{label|en|fandom slang}} 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.
# {{lb|en|fandom slang}} 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.
#* {{quote-newsgroup
#* {{quote-newsgroup
|en
|date=1999-09-18
|date=1999-09-18
|first=Allen
|author=Allen Kitchen
|last=Kitchen
|title=A proposal for ALFers
|title=A proposal for ALFers
|newsgroup=alt.lifestyle.furry
|newsgroup=alt.lifestyle.furry
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}}
}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup
#* {{quote-newsgroup
|en
|date=2002-09-19
|date=2002-09-19
|first=Julia
|author=Julia Jones
|last=Jones
|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf.fandom
|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf.fandom
|title=Re: US Dentristy and Optometry
|title=Re: US Dentristy and Optometry
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}}
}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup
#* {{quote-newsgroup
|en
|date=2003-09-22
|date=2003-09-22
|author=diane
|author=diane
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|url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.stargate-sg1/msg/51a2a1bb20f8eb1a
|url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.stargate-sg1/msg/51a2a1bb20f8eb1a
|passage=any '''con crud'''? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((
|passage=any '''con crud'''? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((
}}
#* {{quote-web
|en
|author=Lightning Bliss
|title=Lightning Bliss's Guide to Con Survival
|date=2017-06-10
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aMO9uapQv0
|work=YouTube
|passage=[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'''.
}}
}}


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* [[blorch]]
* {{l|en|blorch}}
* {{l|en|con flu}}


====Related terms====
====See also====
* [[freshers' flu]] {{qualifier|contracted at universities}}
* {{l|en|freshers' flu}} {{qualifier|contracted at universities}}


[[Category:en:Diseases]]
[[Category:en:Diseases]]

Latest revision as of 11:04, 5 May 2024

See also: concrud

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Etymology

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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”).

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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con crud (uncountable)

  1. (fandom slang) 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.
    • 1999 September 18, Allen Kitchen, “A proposal for ALFers”, in alt.lifestyle.furry‎[1] (Usenet), message-ID <A6D29FFCD278DB9B.8E59F475769021D7.8D510A7C0C424992@lp.airnews.net>:
      Much has been said about those who go to furry and SciFi conventions and return with the "Con Crud."
    • 2002 September 19, Julia Jones, “Re: US Dentristy and Optometry”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎[2] (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      The root canal will be done again as soon as I've recovered from my Worldcon dose of con crud.
    • 2003 September 22, diane, “Re: Gatecon report”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1‎[3] (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      any con crud? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((
    • 2017 June 10, Lightning Bliss, “Lightning Bliss's Guide to Con Survival”, in YouTube‎[4]:
      [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.

Synonyms

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See also

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