gingervitisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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gingervitis (uncountable)

1. (slang, humorous, derogatory) The condition of being ginger (having reddish-brown hair), treated as if it were a disease or affliction.
   • 2008 07, Christopher G. Wilkinson, Rubber Room Semantics, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 223:

     After all 96.4% of each of you Gingers infected with the Gingervitis disease know full well that you are unattractive creatures, which I believe results in your intense fear of exposing yourselves in public.

   • 2012 August 16, Twenty Major, The Order of the Phoenix Park, Hachette Ireland, →ISBN:

     Perhaps a very old ginger person who hadn't quite lost all their gingervitis?'

   • 2012 October 4, Amnesty International, The Very Best of The Secret Policeman's Ball, Canongate Books, →ISBN:

     ... gingerphobe and you don't like us We'll stand up to the fight if you wanna fight us But if you cut yourself you might catch gingervitis So maybe you should shut your fucking mouth Yeah, only a ginger can call another ginger ginger, […]

   • 2017 August 22, Erin La Rosa, The Big Redhead Book: Inside the Secret Society of Red Hair, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:

     Gingervitis, according to Cartman, “causes very light skin, red hair, and freckles” and happens naturally because “ginger kids have no souls.” He compares reds to vampires, calls the ginger gene a curse, and encourages the class to rid […]