Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

con crud

/kɒn kɹʌd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: con crud
IPA: /kɒn kɹʌd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much has been said about those who go to furry and SciFi conventions and return with the "Con Crud.""
"The root canal will be done again as soon as I've recovered from my Worldcon dose of con crud."
"any con crud? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-(("
"[I]t [the 6-2-1 Rule] is a well-known rule that every con-goer should follow, because it will help you to avoid the dreaded con crud."

Etymology

From con + crud (“disease”). The former part a shortening of conference or convention. The latter part meaning any disease, from earlier army and student slang for venereal disease (“sexually transmitted disease”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

concrud (alternative)

Phrases

freshers' flu

Frequently Paired Words

freshers' flu

Synonyms

blorch con flu

Rhymes With

blood flood mud bud stud judd hud rudd dud what'd thud sud

Questions

How do you pronounce con crud?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒn kɹʌd/.
What does con crud mean?: An illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.
Where does con crud come from?: From con + crud (“disease”). The former part a shortening of conference or convention. The latter part meaning any disease, from earlier army and student slang for venereal disease (“sexually transmitted disease”).

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