Herpe

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A herpes infection. humorous, hypercorrect

    "I'll never understand the psychological make up of several people who come back from time to time when it is obvious that their rhetoric isn't wanted. Yet, they come back like a Herpe monthly. Trolls = Herpes. I think that's fitting."

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"I'll never understand the psychological make up of several people who come back from time to time when it is obvious that their rhetoric isn't wanted. Yet, they come back like a Herpe monthly. Trolls = Herpes. I think that's fitting."

Etymology

Back-formation from herpes.

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