Wordnik.com: What ails you?: Comments

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:27:07 +0000

Mulligrubs?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Kwashiorkor?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:23:59 +0000

Can stellar sea cows get Plantar's warts?

Comment by yarb, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:20:55 +0000

I was just quoting dontcry, below.

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:12:42 +0000

yarb: you have considered the possibility that 'plantar' is an adjective, right?

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:04:24 +0000

Let me put it this way, bubble boy: yes ;-)!

Comment by yarb, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:28:28 +0000

I had Plantar's warts (amusing name) when I was a young oik, but not since.

Seriously, am I alone in not producing toejam??

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:18:14 +0000

You know who would NEVER be afflicted with one? Mr. Cleanfeet...yarb!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:11:05 +0000

Oh sionnach, you wouldn't laugh if you'd ever been afflicted with one!

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:20:56 +0000

guffawing at Plantar's warts. like peanuts that grow on your foot.

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:07:33 +0000

Plantar's wart?
Blue Flu?

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:04:58 +0000

The "trots?"

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:02:49 +0000

When I first (just now) saw the word Dehli belly I thought it referred to that little patch of belly you often see peeking through the middle of the sari wrappings, and that made me laugh! Then I read up on it -- eeuuww!

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:10:00 +0000

Pro: what is your fascination with poor suffering Ondine?

I'm not adding 'Delhi belly'. I have standards for my lists. Sometimes they may be obscure, but I do have them. And 'Delhi belly' is an unfortunate coinage, at best.

Comment by whichbe, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:54:06 +0000

Venus's curse

Comment by john, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:34:05 +0000

Irish flu?

Comment by Prolagus, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:18:19 +0000

If it's a matter of how common it is, then [Ondine's curse] is a priori excluded, I guess...

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:14:53 +0000

Delhi belly, [athlete's foot].

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:05:13 +0000

Pro: I just included tennis elbow because I think it's more common than golfer's elbow (granted this is based on the purely local evidence provided by my father, an avid golfer and a notorious hypochondriac, who never complained of anything wrong with either of his elbows).

yarb: I am in a bad way, though it has a quite specific origin, the condition known to travelers to Mexico as [Montezuma's revenge].

Comment by pterodactyl, about 1 year ago

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:57:58 +0000

[Swimmer's ear]?

Comment by Prolagus, about 1 year ago

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:19:43 +0000

[Golfer's elbow]*? Tennis elbow**?

*Medial epicondylitis
*Lateral epicondylitis

Comment by yarb, about 1 year ago

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:45:36 +0000

You're in a bad way.