Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freshers' flu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: fresh-er-s' flu
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

British usage; Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

From fresher (“a new student”) and flu (“disease”), an abbreviation of influenza.

Usage

Phrases

con crud

Frequently Paired Words

con crud

Questions

What does freshers' flu mean?: 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.
Where does freshers' flu come from?: From fresher (“a new student”) and flu (“disease”), an abbreviation of influenza.

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