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PRONUNCIATION OF MAN FLU

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAN FLU

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conjunction
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Man flu is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAN FLU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Man flu

Man flu is a pejoratively used phrase that refers to the idea that men, when they have a cold, exaggerate and claim they have the flu. Whilst a commonly used phrase in the UK and Ireland, it is referred to in other cultures and there is a continuing discussion over the scientific basis for the phrase.

Definition of man flu in the English dictionary

The definition of man flu in the dictionary is a case of the common cold as suffered by a man, implying that he is exaggerating the debilitating effects of the illness.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAN FLU

man
man about town
man and boy
man boobs
Man Booker Prize
Man fern
man Friday
man in the moon
man in the street
man jack
man lock
man management
man manager
man o´ war
man of God
man of straw
man of the world
man orchid
man up
man-at-arms

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAN FLU

antiflu
Asian flu
avian flu
bird flu
cat flu
flu
gastric flu
swine flu
Tamiflu
the flu
yuppie flu

Synonyms and antonyms of man flu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «man flu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAN FLU

Find out the translation of man flu to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of man flu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «man flu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

人感
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombre contra la gripe
570 millions of speakers

English

man flu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आदमी फ्लू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انفلونزا رجل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

человек гриппа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homem gripe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানুষ ফ্লু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homme la grippe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Selesema manusia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mann Grippe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男インフルエンザ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남자 독감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flu manungsa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cúm người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனிதன் காய்ச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मनुष्य फ्लू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Adam gribi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

influenza dell´uomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

człowiek grypa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

людина грипу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gripa om
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ο άνθρωπος της γρίπης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

man griep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mannen influensa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mannen influensa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of man flu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAN FLU»

The term «man flu» is normally little used and occupies the 110.059 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about man flu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAN FLU»

Discover the use of man flu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to man flu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Woman’s Pocket Guide To Man Flu:
FREQUENTLY. ASKED. QUESTIONS. Q: A: Q: A: Q: A: Q: A: Q: A: Q: A: Q: A: How soon into a relationship does man flu appear? Any day after you start dating and becomes more frequent after marriage. Is there anything I can do to ease my ...
Di Fisher, 2013
2
Amused by the World
World. pig. population. shows. signs. of. The world's farming communities are catastrophe as the first man-flu cases are reported among the pig You must have done SOMETHING, Pope tells earthquake victims April ...
Richard Smith, 2009
3
An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the English ...
The quality of flowing; smoothness of speech; readiness of utterance. Ftc'iST, a. Readily flowing;— ». •.stream; variable quality. Wkst-ly, ad. With easy flow. m'GjtL -MAN (flu'gl-man), «. In Gtrmant the leader of a file soldier who marks the time for  ...
Noah Webster, William Greenleaf Webster, Chauncey Allen Goodrich, 1856
4
Sea of Puddles
211. Man-flu. One open eye can raise a smile A single step become a mile To hold a leaf is to climb a tree To have a bath is to swim the sea Stairs become a diagonal wall To lean upon and help to call Life condenses just like soup Confined to ...
Kevin Robinson, 2014
5
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of ...
I wear it for a memorable honour: For I am Welsh, you know, good count man. Flu . All the water in Wye cannot was your nia'esty's Welsh plood out ofgour pody, I can tel you that: Got pless it an preserve it, as long as it pleases his grace, and his ...
William Shakespeare, 1823
6
Alex Kaidan S01E02: A Little Knowledge...
Alex raised his eyebrows in expectation of an answer, but the number was only confirmed by Reza swiftly changing the subject back, "However many times it was, she told me it was probably something called man-flu and that I should come ...
Darren Hoyland
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MANUAL OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING:
Flu' gel-man( flu'gl-) ,196 Flu'id, 26, 80. Flu-id'i-ty, 169. Fluke, 26. Flum'mer-y, 170. Flung, 22. Flunk'y. Flunk'y-ism (-izm). Flu'or-ide [Flu o rid, 203.] Flu'or-me. Flu'or- spar. Flur'ned, 186. Flur'ry, 21, 22. Flur'ry-ing. Flush, 22. Flushed (flusht), 165.
RICHARD SOULE AND WILLIAM A. WHEELER, 1861
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A Dictionary of the English Language ... Mainly Abridged ...
FLl'l'GEL-MAN (flu/gl-man), n. [Ger. _flri,gehna1m, fr. flugel, file, and mama, man.] Leader ofa file ; a fugleman. FLU'l1), a. [Lat.jIuidus, fr._/iuere, to flow.] Capable of flowing. —n. A body whose particles move easily among themselves. FLU-I'D'!
Noah Webster, 1872
9
The Holy Bible, Etc
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‎1834
10
Walker and Webster combined in a dictionary of the English ...
With easy flow of utterance. f^ll, what; there, term ; x a hike, bIrd ; move, FLCGEL- MAN (flu'gl-man), n. In German, the leader of a file ; a soldier who marks the time for the motions in the drill. FLUID, a. Having parts which easily move, as water ...
John Longmuir, John Walker, 1864

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAN FLU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term man flu is used in the context of the following news items.
1
sick when you're self-employed
Remember that man flu video featuring "Laura" a few years ago? I'm the female equivalent. My income protection insurance would kick in after ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
I'm not greedy, I'm just tidy
No, I'd rather escape from all that, so I'll play the man flu card. "I have been feeling ill for a week or so," I will say when anyone asks me why I ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
8 Times You're Allowed To Feel Sorry For Yourself, So Get Your Pity …
Man flu is the funniest to me because even the most stoic man is a self-pitying monster when ill. Meanwhile, if you're feverish, vomiting, or have any other ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
Prabs Patel :Exhausted Mother Epidemic as School Year Ends
Our Daily Fail undercover reporter (posing as a stressed father with Man Flu) managed to obtain a copy of the hospital admissions form ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
5
Man up... or die: Lincoln health campaigner says men have to start …
... bad at examining their bodies and noticing changes. I'm sure all of us have heard of the jokes about men being wimps with "man flu" instead ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jun 15»
6
Eyre Peninsula football preview
This week Nigel James is a question mark after being knocked with a virus and spending more time laying down than standing up. The man flu ... «ABC Local, Jun 15»
7
After Her Husband's Successful Recovery From Stroke, This …
He initially seemed, to me, to be getting the 'man flu', and nothing more. He almost made the worst decision possible, in suggesting he would ... «Indiatimes.com, Jun 15»
8
Man 'Flu Be Blowed - Let's Walk All Over Men's Health Week... and …
Forget Man Flu, it's Men's Health Week and at the end of it, it's Father's Day. Both are timely reminders that our men are both vulnerable and ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
9
'Man flu' could be meningitis, charity warns Plymouth men
PLYMOUTH people are being warned not to ignore so-called 'man flu' - because it could turn out to be meningitis. Men are notorious for ... «Plymouth Herald, Jun 15»
10
Marcel Currin: No time out for 'woman flu'
Man flu normally gets wheeled out as a pejorative term. It suggests that the man is exaggerating his illness, that he is milking a little sniffle. «New Zealand Herald, May 15»

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