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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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