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secret disease:
American euphemism from the 1930s for a venereal-disease , especially syphilis . See STD and syphilis for synonyms.See Also: 11-ketoandrosterone, andrology, antaphroditic, antivenereal, assignation, baby food, baby paste, bacterial STDs, bad blood, ball-bearing oil, be one of the knights, beef extract, biffin, burned, burnt, Christian disease, clean, closet shakedown, cock vomit, contagious disease, contract an STD, cop a dose, crinkum(s), Cupid's itch, delicate disease, dermatology, dermatopathophobia, dermatophobia, dermatosiophobia, dick drink, disease of love, disgraceful disease, dose, a, Drury Lane ague, forget-me-not, foul disease, foul disorder, French ache(s), French crown, French fever, French goods, French gout, French marbles, French measles, French pig, French pox, Frenchified potatoes, galloping knob rot, GC, general paralysis of the insane, gentleman's complaint, get dosed up, get infected, get sick, get VD, give someone a burn, GPI, great pox, the, have the ninety day blues, hot lead, infected, loathsome disease, lobster tails, lobstertoes, lues venerea, Neapolitan bone ache, Neapolitan consolation, Neapolitan favour, nosemaphobia, nosophobia, occupational hazard, pass through the fire, pathophobia, pintle fever, reproductive fluid, reproductive health, ride the silver steed, scrud, sexual disease, sexually transmitted infection, shissom, snedge, social disease, social infection, special disease, STD, sticky seed, suds, syphilis, tadpole treasure, take the bayonet course, taking precautions, trysting place, undercover punk, undercover sissy, unmentionable disease, venereal disease, venereology, venereophobia, Venus' cell, water of life, white love piss, women's disease, yancy
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