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scarlet fever 

When you are obsessed with a redheaded girl.
Doctor: what's wrong Joey?
Joey: I have this huge crush on this girl and I'm just obsessed and I can't stop thinking about her! I'm really worried!
Doctor: is she a blonde brunette or redhead?
Joey: a redhead doc.
Doctor: you have a bad case of scarlet fever.

Scarlet Fever 

The condition of being attracted to women from Red Communist countries, such as China, Cuba and Korea. An uncommonly large number of cases are attributed to Libertarian men.
Maria: Oh yeah baby don't stop
Johnathan: YEAH TAKE IT CASTRO! THE FREER THE ECONOMY THE FREER THE PEOPLE! UGGGHH! TAXATION IS THEFT!
Maria: ¡Scarlet Fever!
Scarlet Fever by Ohno1986 September 1, 2017

Scarlet fever 

The descriptor for a woman who is attracted to British men. I.e. loyalist women being attracted to the red (scarlet) coats.
“All the men I like are British”
“Damm you have scarlet fever”
Scarlet fever by Silvervolvo August 9, 2021

Scarlet Fever 

a description of those priests in the Roman Catholic Church who their minds set on promotions and ecclesiastical honors. Scarlet is the color of the garments that denote a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Of all the Catholic priests I know Father Leo has the worst case of Scarlet Fever
Scarlet Fever by John Wordsleuth October 27, 2021

scarlet fever blanket 

a wooly, scratchy, undesirable blanket. in a traditional sense: a red wool camp blanket with a couple of large gray or black stripes on it. similar to a camp blanket that white settlers would trade to native americans, and unintentionally pass along scarlet fever.
I have a scarlet fever blanket in the back of my Jeep...so we could load the firewood into my car if you want.

Scarlett Fever

When a person is so overcome by the hotness of Scarlett Johansson it causes a physical temperature change resembling a common fever. Symptoms may also include erections and drooling. Curable only by observation of Susan Boyle
I just saw the Avengers and think I may have caught Scarlett Fever
Scarlett Fever by themadgear October 29, 2012
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
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