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Cantonese: 熱氣 / jit6 hei3 / yit hey
Mandarin1: 熱氣 / re qi / ruh chi

Mandarin2: 上火 / shang huo / shan huor
A symptom from the East where people will get sick from having too much deep fried or fried food as in terms of Chinese Medicine, the “fire” in those food are excessive.

A condition characterized by excessive heat and inflammation within the body. It represents a state of heat-induced inflammation, often associated with symptoms such as redness, swelling, and discomfort in affected areas

There was never a word for the Easterns to explain such sickness so here it is.

It is derived from "calor" (heat) and "-itis" (denoting inflammation), Caloritis represents a condition of heat-induced inflammation within the body.
Noun:
Caloritis will come for you if you keep eating those fried wings.

Adjective:

Caloritic

The patient exhibited symptoms of caloritic inflammation.
Caloritis by Terriiyaki June 2, 2023
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Calebitis 

The disease of typos that you catch from friend
Dammit now I have Calebitis.
Calebitis by Ethaulf June 1, 2018
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calorific 

adjective: fatty, filled with calories, fat-laden.
guy: Let's go to Ippudo's for some ramen!

gal: Worst idea ever! Ramen is way calorific...
calorific by fattyramen27 April 13, 2013

burning calories 

1. I didn't get any sleep, we were burning calories all night.
burning calories by otay May 20, 2005

empty calories 

Foods that only contain calories but no additional nutrients like protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Person 1: Would you like some soda?
Person 2: No, that's just empty calories. I'll have juice instead.

Person 1: Want some candy for dessert?
Person 2: Nah, I'll have a baked sweet potato instead.
empty calories by areallnamestaken December 8, 2010

400 Calories 

Supposedly making out for 20 minutes burns 400 calories.

Actually, 400 Kilocalories, but food companies thought it would be easier to denote those things we burn as calories, so what the hell. Apparently metric prefixes are fucking scary.
Chad: "Hey Lisa want to burn 400 calories?"
Lisa: "Sure Chad, but I'm not taking off my pants...yet."
{ 20 minutes later }
Chad: "Wanna burn 400 more."
Lisa: "Let's go for 2000. Take off your pants."
400 Calories by tron.von.tronicus January 8, 2008
Word of the Day on February 10, 2008

calories 

tiny, microscopic creatures who live in your closet who sew up your close each night to make them smaller. They do this out of jealousy and hatred for the human race for not recognizing them as existent.
Calories: dude, she did not just put her fav jeans in the closet, get my sewing needles.
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
Word of the Day on October 4, 2026
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
Word of the Day on October 3, 2026

Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
Word of the Day on October 2, 2026
Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
Word of the Day on October 1, 2026
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