freshers' flu

== English == === Etymology === From fresher (“a new student”) and flu (“disease”), an abbreviation of influenza. === Noun === freshers' flu (uncountable) (UK, informal) A cold or similar illness contracted by new students at a university, caused by gathering people (and the diseases they carry) from a wide variety of places in a confined area, allowing the diseases to spread to those without immunity. ==== See also ==== con crud (contracted at conventions) === Anagrams === reshufflers