blue flu

1. n. an imaginary disease afflicting police officers who call in sick during a work stoppage or slowdown. (Journalistic. Occurs where strikes are illegal.) Another epidemic of the blue flu struck the city’s police officers early today.

2. n. a hangover. He was out late last night and has the blue flu.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Julius	YOO:-li-uws (Ancient Roman), JOO-lee-əs (English), YOO-lee-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, English, German
Jayne	[dʒein]
Julianna	yuw-lee-AHN-nah (Polish), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)	Hungarian, Polish, English
Faunus	FAWN-əs (English)	Roman Mythology
Surya	SOOR-yah (Indonesian)	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Indonesian
Ritchie	RICH-ee	English