The
dreaded lurgi is a severe illness or allergy but you won’t find it in any
medical dictionary. (Lurgi is pronounced
LUR-Ghee with a hard g). Although it
is commonly used to refer to a cold or flu it is a fictional illness invented
by that exceptional British radio series, The Goon Show in 1954.
Ah, the Goons! methinks they left all their listeners with a bad case of permanent Lurgi - once caught, never cleared! Hehehe! Bless 'em...
ReplyDeleteThat explains everything, we used that word as a family and I never knew where ti came from, my dad was always a fan of the Goon Show.
ReplyDeletethanks for clearing that up for me.