# Well, Apparently I Have A "Diesease" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209 "2012-05-17T14:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/1 "2012-05-17T14:21:13Z")
When did we coin this dumb term? I got a note yesterday and when I linked and shared it on FB, the hyperlink had it spelled that way. I thought it was a misspell and contacted the alzheimer site’s webmaster and my local office, letting them know what I found, and then, just for fun I did a google and there it was: **diesease**. Now not only do I feel like an idiot, but I have a reminder within a word that I’m gonna croak from this, which I already knew.:rolleyes: Q ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/2 "2012-05-17T14:26:01Z")
It’s not a coined word. It’s just a common typo. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/3 "2012-05-17T14:27:24Z")
You could call it a “dizeez.” Kind of catchy. Maybe. Uh. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/4 "2012-05-17T14:28:56Z")
Are you sure, **Marley**? Google sure did have a lot of diseases listed under that word. Q ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/5 "2012-05-17T14:30:40Z")
You think that’s bad–I once filled out an online form listing my occupation as “photo archivist,” and it came back as “photo antichrist.” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/6 "2012-05-17T14:32:06Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > You could call it a “dizeez.” Kind of catchy. Maybe. Uh. Or how about “dis-ease”. I sometimes get very much that way, **Doug** ;)! Q ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/7 "2012-05-17T14:32:36Z")
When I google “diesease,” Google asks if I meant to type disease. The first hit is Urban Dictionary and there are only 139,000 hits total. There would be a lot more than that if it were a recognized word for a type of disease, and from what I can see, nobody’s using it to define a specific type of illness. It’s just an easy mistake to make, but it’s no fun to be reminded of your problems that way. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/8 "2012-05-17T14:37:23Z")
Ah. Okay. Well, that’s good. Maybe today won’t be such a “batshit” day after all! 🙂 Thanks, **Marley**. Q ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/9 "2012-05-17T15:41:41Z")
So, did you die from this diesease? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/10 "2012-05-17T15:48:57Z")
Not yet! 🙂 Some days I do feel close, though, **Drunky Smurf**. 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/11 "2012-05-17T15:59:03Z")
How about “I’m suffering from a terrible ‘killness’”. Better? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/12 "2012-05-17T16:10:34Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > How about “I’m suffering from a terrible ‘killness’”. Better? Much better! I like it! Thanks, **StaggerLee** (one of my favorite tunes) Q ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/13 "2012-05-17T16:19:16Z")
It sounds like you’re trying to render how an uneducated person might say “disease”. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/14 "2012-05-17T16:36:30Z")
No, I thought it was someone being cute, **Anne**. Q ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/15 "2012-05-17T16:47:11Z")
Try to think of it this way: you’re not dying _of_ it, you’re living _with_ it. (I mean, if you can call that living. Isn’t there some home for people with your condition, where, at least, the rest of us wouldn’t have to be confronted by your nauseating condition?) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/16 "2012-05-17T16:55:05Z")
Well, there’s hospice, but I’m only stage 4 and not ready to take up someone else’s bed. Q ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/17 "2012-05-17T16:58:08Z")
You know I was just kidding, Quasi. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/18 "2012-05-17T17:00:39Z")
Of course I do, **Slithy**! I like for y’all to kid with me. 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/19 "2012-05-17T17:19:20Z")
The disease I have wont be fatal, it will just completely incapacitate me until I beg for death. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209/20 "2012-05-17T17:23:13Z")
A diesease is simply a disease that is very grave. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-apparently-i-have-a-diesease/622209.md?page=2)