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Lurgy vs Surgy - What's the difference?

lurgy | surgy |

As a noun lurgy

is (british|slang) a fictitious, highly infectious disease; often used in the phrase "the dreaded lurgi", sometimes as a reference to flu-like symptoms.

As an adjective surgy is

rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.

lurgy

English

Alternative forms

* lurgey * lurgee * lurgi * lergy

Noun

(lurgies)
  • (British, slang) A fictitious, highly infectious disease; often used in the phrase "the dreaded lurgi", sometimes as a reference to flu-like symptoms

    • Synonyms

    * cooties (US) (Only in the playground sense.)

    Usage notes

    * Phrases like "I've got the lurgi " are commonly heard when somebody is explaining why they cannot attend a social occasion, come to work, etc. * The term is also used in the context of . For example, "You can't play with us, you've got the lurgi! " could be used when excluding another child from a group.

    References

    surgy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
    • Over the surgy main. — Pope.
    (Webster 1913)