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cancer

(slang, vulgar, offensive) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026US

(slang, vulgar, offensive) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.
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  • “Profiles are known to the State of California to cause cancer or other reproductive harm.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The ESMO Breast Cancer Congress takes place 6–8 May 2026 in Berlin, Germany, with online access available. The meeting brings together the global breast cancer community to explore the latest developments across the full care pathway”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hospital studies show deficient patients had dramatically worse outcomes, longer stays, higher mortality — and vitamin D levels affect everything from surgery healing to how well your body tolerates cancer treatment. Get your levels checked and actually address it if they're low.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “New study links higher radon exposure with cancer risk #Berkshire #Reading”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This Day in Music - May 5 2015: American rock bassist Craig Gruber died of prostate cancer aged 63. 2005: Justin Timberlake had nodules removed from his throat. 2000: Rod Stewart had a benign growth remove from his thyroid. 1968: Buffalo Springfield split up.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026US

(figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

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#3·Apr 26, 2026US

(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Origin: Borrowed from , a (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “If men had to have a holepunch or burning wire used to take chunks of their penis for cancer checks, there would be far more pain medication used. It's so infuriating that women have to go through this without pain management.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “EU trade deal could force British people to not intentionally want cancer for themselves. What is going on on that island?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The administration could use it in reverse, too! Just pick horrible names for your programs, then stop them. Headlines like: "US stops 'Killing Everyone'" "The President ends 'War and Famine'" "Trump removes 'Cancer'" ... 😜”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Cytospire Therapeutics secures £61m to advance cancer treatment www.uktech.news/biotech/cyto... #UKtech”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • ““EU could force British people to choose to not have cancer” is such a bizarre situation to be in…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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