cold robbies
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by American cartoonist Walt Kelly in his comic strip Pogo (derived from a mispronunciation of kohlrabi)[1]
Noun edit
cold robbies pl (plural only)
- (humorous) An uncertain, mysterious ailment
- 1973, Paula Smith, “A Trekkie's Tale”, in Menagerie, 2, p. 6:
- Lt. Mary Sue found out that the men who had beamed down were seriously stricken by the jumping cold robbies, Mary Sue less so.