"man flu" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} man flu (uncountable)
  1. (Britain, colloquial) A cold or similar minor ailment as suffered by a male seen as wildly exaggerating the severity of his symptoms. Tags: Britain, colloquial, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (minor cold suffered by a male): mannengriep [feminine] (Dutch), meesgripp (Estonian), miesflunssa (Finnish), Männerschnupfen [masculine] (German), manfluensa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-man_flu-en-noun-dNuS0MSa Disambiguation of Medicine: 49 51 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'minor cold suffered by a male': 56 44
  2. (Britain, colloquial) A flu or similar ailment as suffered by a male. Tags: Britain, colloquial, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-man_flu-en-noun-TnqpDzhl Disambiguation of Medicine: 49 51 Categories (other): British English

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