space herpes
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Meaning · English
A generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Ice Pirates “A ‘Star Wars’ rip-off with S&M scenes, twelfth-rate jokes, and ‘space herpes’”
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “space herpes” mean?
A generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.
Is “space herpes” formal or informal?
space herpes is generally slang.