space herpes
English
Noun
- (science fiction, ufology, fandom slang, slang) A generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.
- 2009 September 17, Wil Wheaton, quotee, “Wil Wheaton's ‘Memories of the Futurecast’ Engages us With Awesome”, in Wired:
- Oh! Did we mention that there are families aboard the Enterprise? Yeah, it turns out there are. Because Starfleet did this study and realized that Space Herpes - also known as Kirk's Syndrome - spreads considerably slower if its officers have their spouses and children onboard their ship.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:space herpes.
Coordinate terms
- shingles (skin condition from reactivated VZV herpesvirus in later life)
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