The banged up knees children get when playing outside in shorts and dresses that don’t protect their knees from cuts and abrasions. It’s a wonderful phase for I absolving parents of the guilty from inevitable summer injuries.
Example: “How did Leroy cut his knee?” (With the suggested guilt implied of weren’t you watching him and why haven’t you bandaged it yet?)
Parent response: “Oh, he just has summer knees.”
Excellent phrase for free-range parents to know.
Parent response: “Oh, he just has summer knees.”
Excellent phrase for free-range parents to know.
by SailOnJoe April 26, 2018
Something a white person says if they are trying to act black.
Also meaning cool, flavor of the month, etc.
Also meaning cool, flavor of the month, etc.
by fuckyourshit September 02, 2016
by Glennyyy February 19, 2019
strep knee
noun
A bizarre and dramatic immune response where your knee swells up like a grapefruit because your body decides to fight strep throat… in your leg.
Origin: Coined by a concerned patient and an equally baffled doctor, "strep knee" occurs when your immune system gets the memo about a strep infection (even secondhand from your niece) and goes rogue—attacking your joints instead of just your throat.
Symptoms:
-One tragically swollen knee
-Joints that feel like they’ve been personally offended
-Fatigue that rivals a toddler after a sugar crash
-A mysterious limp that screams “I swear I’m not faking it”
-Googling “why is my knee mad at me?” at 2 a.m.
-Physical therapist side-eye followed by, “Well, that’s new…”
noun
A bizarre and dramatic immune response where your knee swells up like a grapefruit because your body decides to fight strep throat… in your leg.
Origin: Coined by a concerned patient and an equally baffled doctor, "strep knee" occurs when your immune system gets the memo about a strep infection (even secondhand from your niece) and goes rogue—attacking your joints instead of just your throat.
Symptoms:
-One tragically swollen knee
-Joints that feel like they’ve been personally offended
-Fatigue that rivals a toddler after a sugar crash
-A mysterious limp that screams “I swear I’m not faking it”
-Googling “why is my knee mad at me?” at 2 a.m.
-Physical therapist side-eye followed by, “Well, that’s new…”
by notangieeeanggg April 10, 2025
strep knee
noun
A bizarre and dramatic immune response where your knee swells up like a grapefruit because your body decides to fight strep throat… in your leg.
Origin: Coined by a concerned patient and an equally baffled doctor, "strep knee" occurs when your immune system gets the memo about a strep infection (even secondhand from your niece) and goes rogue—attacking your joints instead of just your throat.
Joint Havoc (J.H.): A medically unverified condition where your knee revolts due to strep knee
Symptoms:
-One tragically swollen knee
-Joints that feel like they’ve been personally offended
-Fatigue that rivals a toddler after a sugar crash
-A mysterious limp that screams “I swear I’m not faking it”
-Googling “why is my knee mad at me?” at 2 a.m.
-Googling "can your knee be dramatic" and feeling seen
-Physical therapist side-eye followed by, “Well, that’s new…”
noun
A bizarre and dramatic immune response where your knee swells up like a grapefruit because your body decides to fight strep throat… in your leg.
Origin: Coined by a concerned patient and an equally baffled doctor, "strep knee" occurs when your immune system gets the memo about a strep infection (even secondhand from your niece) and goes rogue—attacking your joints instead of just your throat.
Joint Havoc (J.H.): A medically unverified condition where your knee revolts due to strep knee
Symptoms:
-One tragically swollen knee
-Joints that feel like they’ve been personally offended
-Fatigue that rivals a toddler after a sugar crash
-A mysterious limp that screams “I swear I’m not faking it”
-Googling “why is my knee mad at me?” at 2 a.m.
-Googling "can your knee be dramatic" and feeling seen
-Physical therapist side-eye followed by, “Well, that’s new…”
Usage:
“Yeah, I didn’t even have strep throat, but now I’m limping because of strep knee.”
"I went to urgent care for a sore throat and left with a knee brace—turns out it was strep knee, because apparently my immune system has a flair for drama."
“Yeah, I didn’t even have strep throat, but now I’m limping because of strep knee.”
"I went to urgent care for a sore throat and left with a knee brace—turns out it was strep knee, because apparently my immune system has a flair for drama."
by notangieeeanggg April 11, 2025
by boingjoun June 13, 2019
by xd Shau7er (shaun) January 19, 2021