<unk>  is a British English name commonly given to a battery of illnesses contracted by new students<unk>  during the first few weeks at a university and colleges of further education in some form; common symptoms include fever, sore throat, severe headache, coughing and general discomfort. The illnesses may or may not include actual flu and is often simply a bad cold.
Freshers' flu
London flu
Spanish flu
Hong Kong flu
Man flu
Barcoo fever
Bird Flu
Spondweni fever