English disease (English, name)
expansion: the English disease
Senses:
glosses: Football (soccer) hooliganism.
glosses: Depression (especially suicidal).
glosses: Hypochondria.
glosses: Sweating sickness.
glosses: Gout.
glosses: Rickets.
glosses: Syphilis.
glosses: Bronchitis.
glosses: Tuberculosis.
glosses: Laziness; low motivation.
glosses: Poor industrial relations and the resulting economic weakness.
glosses: Masochism, especially a fondness for flagellation.
glosses: Gambling.
glosses: Haemophilia.
glosses: Homosexuality.
Forms:
form: the English disease
tags: canonical