the Plaugue

A phrase to use instead of "right away" or "fast"

We need to get going like the Plaugue!

by Ellie Clark September 28, 2006

avoid like the plague

A phrased used when some one or thing is to be avoided at all cost.

ShOcKwAvE avoid him like the plague.

by Hans December 28, 2004

the plague

in a historical context, the plague often refers to the bubonic plague or "black death", also known as pestilence, which wiped out large portions of the population of Europe and Asia during the 14th and 15th centuries

in a modern vernacular context, the plague refers to someone being out with illness, most often a chest cold or flu, usually exaggerating the extent of one's illness while demonstrating their incapacity

Sara can't come in today, she's out with the plague
Okay then send her my condolences and tell her to get better soon!

The Bubonic plague, otherwise simply called the "plague", killed millions of people in medieval Europe

by UM North Quad March 30, 2013

avoid like the plague

evade someone or something at all cost

If you see her avoid her like the plague. (example of avoid like the plague)

by The Return of Light Joker December 7, 2009

The Plague

A sickly and unidentifiable disease brought on by chronic marijuana use. Often augmented by nasty ass Whitman "beeshe(s)" and regularly going twenty deep.

"Hey man you wanna hit this "spleef?" Naw dude im on hiatus I have the plague. I just coughed up blood and urinated green today.

by BatmanB June 10, 2007

What the plague?!

An exclamation of surprise or confusion.

Made popular by the play "The School For Scandal".

Hey-- what the plague?!

by Thureris April 17, 2005

Avoid Pi Like the Plague

An ill-advised mantra math-anxious folks unquestionably take to heart on hearing it from negative or unhelpful people, who are only contaminating the minds of their listeners with fake mathematical information.

To tell someone to avoid pi like the plague is like telling them that π is a rational number because it can be expressed as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.

by MathPlus November 6, 2021