Man flu

My latest stint of sickness has made me realise how grumpy I now become when sick. Talking to a workmate yesterday and pouring out how bad I felt and almost sneering when saying it made me come to the realisation (told to by them) that maybe I have caught man flu!
Being diagnosed with man flu would be bad enough but being told by a man is worse!

When I got home from work I decided to search up the term Man Flu -

The common term as mentioned in wiki is -
The term that refers to the idea that many men , when they have a cold, exaggerate the claim that they have the cold - the implication that women do not do so. A commonly used term in the UK but growing in many cultures. (and the best bit) There is growing scientific basis for this phrase. Ha!

So there you go - I don't have man flu. I haven't been over exaggerating my sickness maybe just a tad grumpy because I hate being sick, I see no use for it!

After this I decided to search Woman flu and to my surprise there is a definition -
Woman flu is a dreadful disease which causes seriously ill women to pretend to be well and relentlessly go to work. The opposite of man flu.

There you have it and Wiki never lies.