Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. slang Syphilis.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
Examples
“DDP: What's worse than the clap and the syph is the Kennedys.”
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“It is good to know that you haven't seen the big syph in years.”
“Seriously, do you have the syph or something, b/c I am on fire down here.”
“Jojohn was very mean and keen and wiry and had specialized in like Sexual Assault, and The Doctor had pre - tended to be able to cure syph and gon and gleet but he had only injected water, also he had killed off two devotchkas instead, like he had promised, of getting rid of their unwanted loads for them.”
“Y'know, when your girlfriend has the clap, syph, herpes and clamidia it's easy to forget she also has a yeast infection.”
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“George and his Syphilitic Nurse are still working on the dead guy, making awkward small talk about Alex, the timing of her sleeping with Alex, and the “syph”.”
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“However, syphilis has better satire milage so we'll stick to the syph.”
“Before ringing the bell, she debriefs him on the particulars of hanging out with the interns be nice, no syph talk, the usuals.”
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“Seeing an opportunity to wallow in their collective misery, Alex brings up their sex life to ask if the sex that lead to the syph was good.”
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“I hope you used a condom, love, he's got the big syph.”
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The Pogues
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Portnoy's Complaint
Words gathered while reading Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth.
bonditt, goy, kishkas, goyische, shkotzim, if-onlying, pishachs, schvartze, milchiks, flaishedigeh, galvanic, chazerai and 123 more...
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chained_bear Slang; syphilis. Usage:
"When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne..." --"The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn," c. 1985 Shane Macgowan Feb 6, 2007