Meaning of con crud | Babel Free

Definitions

An illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“Much has been said about those who go to furry and SciFi conventions and return with the "Con Crud."”

“The root canal will be done again as soon as I've recovered from my Worldcon dose of con crud.”

“any con crud? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((”

“[I]t [the 6-2-1 Rule] is a well-known rule that every con-goer should follow, because it will help you to avoid the dreaded con crud.”

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