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lunar hay fever

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
lu-nar hay fever
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition caused by irritation to the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs, from exposure to highly abrasive lunar dust.

Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

From lunar + hay fever. From having symptoms like hay fever, but occurring due to encounters with lunar contaminants. Coined by Harrison Schmitt in 1972, Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist, to describe the condition already previously encountered by earlier crews, and by his crew.

Usage

Questions

What does lunar hay fever mean?
A condition caused by irritation to the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs, from exposure to highly abrasive lunar dust.
Where does lunar hay fever come from?
From lunar + hay fever. From having symptoms like hay fever, but occurring due to encounters with lunar contaminants. Coined by Harrison Schmitt in 1972, Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist, to describe the condition already previously encountered by earlier crews, and by his crew.

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