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		dunk010 on June 12, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Mono doesn't suck I always thought that it was a bit of a marketing blunder naming it the same as the slang term for glandular fever.

gaius on June 12, 2009 | [–]

Only in the US. Everywhere else in the world calls it "glandular fever".

Lol_Lolovici on June 12, 2009 | [–]

Actually Mono is the short form for the correct name of the disease, not a slang term:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononucleosis

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