gingervitis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The condition of being ginger (having reddish-brown hair), treated as if it were a disease or affliction.
Derogatory; Humorous; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "After all 96.4% of each of you Gingers infected with the Gingervitis disease know full well that you are unattractive creatures, which I believe results in your intense fear of exposing yourselves in public."
- "Perhaps a very old ginger person who hadn't quite lost all their gingervitis?'"
- "... gingerphobe and you don't like us We'll stand up to the fight if you wanna fight us But if you cut yourself you might catch gingervitis So maybe you should shut your fucking mouth Yeah, only a ginger can call another ginger ginger,[…]"
- "Gingervitis, according to Cartman, “causes very light skin, red hair, and freckles” and happens naturally because “ginger kids have no souls.” He compares reds to vampires, calls the ginger gene a curse, and encourages the class to rid[…]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberi Late Latin gingiberbor. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō Old English gingifer ▲ Old French gingembreinflu. Middle English gingivere Middle English gingere English ginger Latin gingīvabor. English gingiva Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English gingivitis blend English gingervitis Blend of ginger + gingivitis. Coined in the South Park episode "Ginger Kids" (season 9, episode 11), which aired November 9, 2005.