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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
Related Words

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.