A slang term for Munchausen's syndrome. Shoddy body disease is typically used when the speaker wishes to imply that the person in question is of a lower class. The sufferer need not be clinically diagnosed—shoddy body disease is more an insult than clinical reference.
Note that, as with Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, "shoddy body disease by proxy" is the term referring to the form of the disease in which mothers use their childrens' medical conditions for the same purposes.
Note that, as with Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, "shoddy body disease by proxy" is the term referring to the form of the disease in which mothers use their childrens' medical conditions for the same purposes.
My grandma's neighbor has all these made-up diseases and says her kids can only eat grains and meats. She totally has shoddy body disease." "This girl on my message board has a brain injury and back injury but mucks out stables. And her daughter has a fever of 102 every other day, and double sinus and ear infections constantly. Shoddy body disease by proxy is scary!
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The deindustrialization of a nation's economy that occurs when Wall Street financiers use fictitious capital to finance highly leveraged speculative investments of astronomically high risk that simultaneously devalue the nation's currency and destroy its productive capacity by stifling credit to the real economy.
Those fuckers on Wall Street have plundered our booty and given us all a scorching case of derivative disease
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On the victim's body will grow crystals on their body and start to fall apart from rejections from their love/crush. The illness can be cured through surgical removal, however the romantic feelings and the memory of the person will be removed with the infection.
On the victim's body will grow crystals on their body and start to fall apart from rejections from their love/crush. The illness can be cured through surgical removal, however the romantic feelings and the memory of the person will be removed with the infection.
the "Almaas Disease" can't really be applied to real life because it's fictional, so no examples for it.
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Get the Trump disease mug.A cultural spreading of an obsessive sickness (which usually strikes young girls or middle-aged mothers) that centers around the Twilight Saga created by Stephenie Meyer. With enough personal self-control, it is possible to heal, but some are forever succumbed and lost. TOD can relate to both the book characters and the portraying actors of the series.
For best possible chances of curing a TOD sufferer, make sure they stay away from all Twilight related merchandise and actors.
For best possible chances of curing a TOD sufferer, make sure they stay away from all Twilight related merchandise and actors.
Normal friend - Are you alright? You didn't call me yesterday.
TOD sufferer - Sorry, I was reading Breaking Dawn again and I noticed something that was so weird because I hadn't ...
Normal friend - (runs away screaming) She's infected with TOD! Quick, everybody, run!
Fake Doctor Example:
Doctor - I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. You have been diagnosed with TOD (Twilight Obsession Disease).
Patient - So?
Doctor - It's worse than I thought.
TOD sufferer - Sorry, I was reading Breaking Dawn again and I noticed something that was so weird because I hadn't ...
Normal friend - (runs away screaming) She's infected with TOD! Quick, everybody, run!
Fake Doctor Example:
Doctor - I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. You have been diagnosed with TOD (Twilight Obsession Disease).
Patient - So?
Doctor - It's worse than I thought.
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