cold robbies

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined by American cartoonist Walt Kelly in his comic strip Pogo (derived from a mispronunciation of kohlrabi)[1]

Noun[edit]

cold robbies pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous) An uncertain, mysterious ailment
    • 1973, Paula Smith, “A Trekkie's Tale”, in Menagerie, 2, p. 6:
      Lt. Mary Sue found out that the men who had beamed down were seriously stricken by the jumping cold robbies, Mary Sue less so.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evanier, Mark; Reynolds, Eric (eds.) (2019). Pogo: The Complete Daily & Sunday Comic Strips, Vol. 6: Clean as a Weasel. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books. →ISBN. p. 325.
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