freshers' flu

noun

freshers' flu

noun

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

UK, Informal 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.

Related terms: con crud

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