lurgy
/ˈlɜːgɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
- Brit. humorous an unspecified or indeterminate illness〈英, 幽默〉叫不出名字的怪病：
I had caught the dreaded lurgy.
我已染上了可怕的无名怪病。
词源
1950s （originally spelled lurgi）： used in the British radio series The Goon Show and probably invented by its writers, though possibly from an English dialect term.