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- noun slang
Syphilis .
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- noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
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Examples
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DDP: What's worse than the clap and the syph is the Kennedys.
American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995
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Jojohn was very mean and keen and wiry and had specialized in like Sexual Assault, and The Doctor had pre - tended to be able to cure syph and gon and gleet but he had only injected water, also he had killed off two devotchkas instead, like he had promised, of getting rid of their unwanted loads for them.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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It is good to know that you haven't seen the big syph in years.
Good Advice from the Ethicist on STI's aka TBTAM 2008
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Seriously, do you have the syph or something, b/c I am on fire down here.
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Y'know, when your girlfriend has the clap, syph, herpes and clamidia it's easy to forget she also has a yeast infection.
McCain Blames Palin's Pakistan Flub With Citizen On "Gotcha Journalism" 2009
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However, syphilis has better satire milage so we'll stick to the syph.
Archive 2005-07-01 RICHARD 2005
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Before ringing the bell, she debriefs him on the particulars of hanging out with the interns be nice, no syph talk, the usuals.
grey’s anatomy recap : gratitude as an excuse for turkey (season 2, episode 9) | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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Seeing an opportunity to wallow in their collective misery, Alex brings up their sex life to ask if the sex that lead to the syph was good.
grey’s anatomy recap : too much sexual healing? (season 2, episode 10) | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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George and his Syphilitic Nurse are still working on the dead guy, making awkward small talk about Alex, the timing of her sleeping with Alex, and the “syph”.
grey’s anatomy recap report : too many transplants! (season 2, episode 2) | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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However, syphilis has better satire milage so we'll stick to the syph.
Mad as a Hatter RICHARD 2005
chained_bear commented on the word syph
Slang; syphilis. Usage:
"When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne..." --"The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn," c. 1985 Shane Macgowan
February 7, 2007