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Written by Ralesk at 08 Nov 2003 01:21:44: Re: Help
As an answer to: Re: Help written by Ivan at 07 Nov 2003 23:55:15:
>>Social disease --- I've been looking for this expression!
>>Thanks!>Ralesk, since you're Hungarian, I thought I'd make sure you understood the joke - 'Social disease' is the term that was commonly used for STDs when I was your age. At that time, even 'venereal disease' was considered too blunt, just as you couldn't say penis or vagina in major media in the USA (and I'm not all THAT old - I'm referring to the late 70s and early 80s). If you had gotten all that, I apologize - I have seen a few occasions where you miss references based on idiom or euphemism (even though generally your English is better than most native speakers of the language I know).
But but, I /do/ understand what social disease means, I have just forgotten [about] the expression, and I'm glad you had reminded me of it :)