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Joking names that people make up for imaginary diseases: “He must have the ________.”
| NR | 509 |
| EPIZOOTICS | 51 |
| HEEBIE-JEEBIES | 41 |
| MULLIGRUBS | 39 |
| COLLYWOBBLES | 33 |
| EPIZOOTIC | 32 |
| CRUD | 20 |
| GOUT | 19 |
| PIP | 18 |
| HYSTERICS | 17 |
| CAN’T-HELP-ITS | 8 |
| WILLIES | 8 |
| EPIZOOTY | 7 |
| DROPSY | 6 |
| HIPPO | 6 |
| BELLYACHE | 5 |
| HYPOCHONDRIAC | 5 |
| IMAGINATION | 5 |
| CREEPING CRUD | 4 |
| FANTODS | 4 |
| HE ENJOYS POOR HEALTH | 4 |
| HE’S A HYPOCHONDRIAC | 4 |
| IT’S ALL IN HIS HEAD | 4 |
| SPRING FEVER | 4 |
| BUG | 3 |
| EPIZOOTIS | 3 |
| ITCH | 3 |
| JIMJAMS | 3 |
| LAZYITIS | 3 |
| VIVID IMAGINATION | 3 |
| COLLY MORBUS | 2 |
| DISHWATER DIARRHEA | 2 |
| DROPSY AND HEART TROUBLE | 2 |
| FEVER | 2 |
| GOLLY-WOBBLES | 2 |
| HALLUCINATIONS | 2 |
| HEAVES | 2 |
| HEPAZOOTIS | 2 |
| HE’S HIPPOED | 2 |
| IMAGINATIONS | 2 |
| JITTERS | 2 |
| LAZINESS | 2 |
| LURGY | 2 |
| MAKE BELIEVE | 2 |
| MOKUS | 2 |
| PLAGUE | 2 |
| PSYCHOSOMATIC | 2 |
| SUNDAY SICKNESS | 2 |
| VAPORS | 2 |
| WILLY-NILLIES | 2 |
| AGUE | 1 |
| ALL IN HIS MIND | 1 |
| “ALL YOU’VE GOT IS THE BELLYACHE, YOU’RE NOT SICK” | 1 |
| ASTHMA | 1 |
| ATTACK OF HYSTERIA | 1 |
| BACKACHE | 1 |
| BARNITIS | 1 |
| BATS | 1 |
| BATS IN HIS BRAINS | 1 |
| BEER WORM | 1 |
| BEES IN HIS BELFRY | 1 |
| BLUE FLU | 1 |
| BLUES | 1 |
| BONGO-BONGO | 1 |
| BUCK AGER | 1 |
| BUTTERFLIES | 1 |
| CANCER | 1 |
| CARLYMARBLES | 1 |
| CASE OF NOTHING | 1 |
| CAT FEVER | 1 |
| CHARLEY HORSE | 1 |
| CHINESE ROT | 1 |
| CHOLERA MORBUS | 1 |
| CHOLERY MARBLES | 1 |
| CHRONICS | 1 |
| CLAP | 1 |
| CLIP | 1 |
| COMPENSATION SETTING IN | 1 |
| CRAMPS | 1 |
| CRUDS | 1 |
| DEAD GRANDMOTHER | 1 |
| DISEASE UP ABOVE THE EARS | 1 |
| DIVEE | 1 |
| DOCTORITIS | 1 |
| DOWN AND OUT | 1 |
| EATAREETIS | 1 |
| EIGHT-O’CLOCK FEVER | 1 |
| EPIDOOZICK | 1 |
| EPIZEEMA | 1 |
| EPIZOOBICS | 1 |
| EVERYTHING HE EATS TURNS TO SHIT | 1 |
| FAKITIS | 1 |
| FALLEN ARCHES | 1 |
| FALLING OF THE ROOM RENT | 1 |
| FEVER AND LURK | 1 |
| FEVER AND LURKS TWO STOMACHS TO EAT AND NEITHER WOULD WORK | 1 |
| FEVER DELUXE | 1 |
| FIDGETS | 1 |
| FISHING FEVER | 1 |
| FLIM-FLAM | 1 |
| FLOOZY | 1 |
| FLU | 1 |
| FLU-FLUX | 1 |
| GALLOPING CRUD | 1 |
| GIT UP | 1 |
| GONNYWOBBLES | 1 |
| GOOF-OFFITIS | 1 |
| GOOSE FEVER | 1 |
| GOUTS | 1 |
| GREAT IMAGINATION | 1 |
| GREEN-APPLE TWO-STEP | 1 |
| GRIPPE | 1 |
| GROUCHES | 1 |
| GROWING PAINS | 1 |
| GUNK | 1 |
| GWINUPS | 1 |
| HEART-FAILURE | 1 |
| HEEBIES | 1 |
| HEIDLEBERG FLU | 1 |
| HE’S ALLERGIC TO WORK | 1 |
| HE’S FEELING SORRY FOR HIMSELF | 1 |
| HE’S JUST HIPPED | 1 |
| HE’S OFF THE ROCKER | 1 |
| HE’S TITCHED IN THE HEAD | 1 |
| HICKAPOOKA | 1 |
| HIGH FANTATOLITES | 1 |
| HIGHGOLLA FLIPS | 1 |
| HIGH-JEETIS | 1 |
| HITCH IN THE GET-ALONG | 1 |
| HOMESICK | 1 |
| HOOZIT ON THE GAZABI | 1 |
| HOUSEMAID’S KNEE | 1 |
| HUMPLUGGINS | 1 |
| HYDROPHOBIA | 1 |
| HYPOCHONDRIA | 1 |
| HYSTERIC | 1 |
| IMAGINARIES | 1 |
| IMAGINARY ILLNESS | 1 |
| IMAGINARY SICKNESS | 1 |
| IMAGINATION’S RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM | 1 |
| IMAGINITIS | 1 |
| INCURABLES | 1 |
| INDISPOSITION TOWARDS DOING ANYTHING | 1 |
| IT IS OF SOME KIND OF -ITIS | 1 |
| IT MUST BE SOME DISEASE HE PICKED UP IN EAST OVERSHOE | 1 |
| ITS ALL IN HIS HEAD | 1 |
| IT’S ALL IN HIS MIND | 1 |
| JEEBIES | 1 |
| JITTERIES | 1 |
| JUST LAZY | 1 |
| KINK IN HIS BRAIN | 1 |
| KWUP | 1 |
| LACKANOOKIES | 1 |
| LAZY FEVER | 1 |
| LITTLE BILIOUS | 1 |
| LITTLE ITCH | 1 |
| LOOPUSTUPUS | 1 |
| LOPSY LOWS | 1 |
| MAGINITIS | 1 |
| MENTAL CASE | 1 |
| MISERIES | 1 |
| MOLLYCODDLE | 1 |
| MOLLYCODDLES | 1 |
| MOLLYGRUBS | 1 |
| MONDAY SICKNESS | 1 |
| MONDAY-MORNING HEADACHES | 1 |
| MONDAY-MORNING SICKNESS | 1 |
| MOSTES FEVER | 1 |
| MULLIGRUB | 1 |
| MUMPS | 1 |
| NEUROTIC | 1 |
| NEUROTICS | 1 |
| NINE-O’CLOCK BENDS | 1 |
| NINE-O’CLOCK BLUES | 1 |
| NONE-PUCK | 1 |
| PAIN CROSSWISE | 1 |
| PANTOD | 1 |
| PANTOD ON THE RUMMIT | 1 |
| PAPSY-LOUSY | 1 |
| PARESSE | 1 |
| PHTHISIC | 1 |
| PRIDIS | 1 |
| PUT-ON | 1 |
| RAUL | 1 |
| RIDER BOYS | 1 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEVER | 1 |
| RULLYGUB | 1 |
| RUM PUCKEROO | 1 |
| RUNNING OUT | 1 |
| RUSSIAN CRUD | 1 |
| SCHOOL-BUS CRAMPS | 1 |
| SCRATCH DE VENUS | 1 |
| SICKITIS | 1 |
| SIT-DOWNS | 1 |
| SITTING DISEASE | 1 |
| SKYBETES OF THE BLOW HOLE | 1 |
| SPANG-CUBES | 1 |
| STOMACHACHE | 1 |
| STOMACHITIS | 1 |
| TAIN’T-HAPPENEDS | 1 |
| THEY’RE A HYPOCHONDRIAC | 1 |
| TIGER’S REVENGE | 1 |
| TIKTALAROO | 1 |
| TIZRIE-I-IZRIE | 1 |
| TUMMY-ACHE | 1 |
| UPSET STOMACH | 1 |
| VIRUS | 1 |
| WHISKYITIS | 1 |
| WIM-WAMS | 1 |
| WOOLLIES | 1 |
| WORKITIS HYDERPHOGIA | 1 |
| WUMPSIES | 1 |
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