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fever sweats

A condition characterized by and inability to function in the clinic due to debilitating fever and profuse sweating.

Frequently seen in ophthalmology residents who see patient's on-call after 12:00 a.m.

A common side effect of fever sweats is temporary hearing loss and the inability to hear your morning alarm.

Often, fever sweats will resolve spontaneously without any treatment. Once resolved, the person will feel back to baseline as if nothing happened.

The long-term sequelae of fever sweats is a weirdly sensation that lasts up to 3 years from the onset of fever sweats.

Signs and symptoms of fever sweats usually manifest during the resident's post-call day

The etiology is fever sweats is unknown, but is more common in medical residents with advanced degrees e.g. MD, PhD
"I have fever sweats and didn't wake up to my alarm, anyway, I am now feeling weirdly as if nothing happened, not sure what was that shit"

"Sorry guys, I got dem fever sweats again so I won't be able to come to clinic"

"If you don't see me in clinic tomorrow then know that I probably have fever sweats and need my post-call day"

"Post call today, I got fever sweats."

"Won't be at teaching, I got fever sweats."

"Sorry we have to reschedule your appointment because the doctor has fever sweats today from being on-call"
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Mangelar fever

the fear of having a mangela on you.
man, he’s got mangelar fever – she after him tonight!”
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Pollen Fever

A feeling that is close to being sick, that happens during spring. Kelly is a hoe
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Seattle fever

A phenomenon in which a newcomer visiting Seattle for the first time in July or August becomes fanatically enamored with the city, not appreciating how cold, dark, and wet the rest of the year will be.
Shelly has a bad case of Seattle fever. She’ll move here and be chronically depressed by November.
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Monday fever

An illness that affects metal workers and welders. Named because you build a tolerance but the weekend break allows you to be susceptible to the metal fumes again. So it is most commonly felt on monday. Also known as metal fume fever
I got Monday fever from welding earlier and now I got the shakes.
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fever dream

Please refer to Felix Colgrave's videos
"Yo dude, Double King was such a fever dream!" "I know, it's like I was high on weed." "But dude you were on weed" "My point still stands
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Jungle fever

When a white man who sleeps with a half black girl in my bathroom instead of "SHOWERING"...
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