Every illness sounds worse in its Latin equivalent. You would much rather have a cold than acute viral rhinopharyngitis, amirite?

+514 Every illness sounds worse in its Latin equivalent. You would much rather have a cold than acute viral rhinopharyngitis, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

But I'd much rather tell people I had acute viral rhinopharyngitis.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Plasmodium falciparum sounds a whole lot more interesting than it's common name: Malaria.

by Anonymous 14 years ago