freshers' flu
English edit
Etymology edit
From fresher (“a new student”) and flu (“disease”), an abbreviation of influenza.
Noun edit
- (UK, informal) A cold or similar illness contracted by new students at a university, caused by gathering people (and the diseases they carry) from a wide variety of places in a confined area, allowing the diseases to spread to those without immunity.
See also edit
- con crud (contracted at conventions)