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jiffy tummy

noun

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  1. A nauseous or upset stomach or GI tract.

    • The day before she had gone down with a “jiffy tummy'", but even sickness was dispelled by Alex's legendary charm[.]
    • We all suffered there, and got our dose of what is known as 'jiffy tummy', which is acute diarrhoea. It's very unpleasant indeed, but it wears off after a few days and luckily I got over that before I had to go elsewhere.
    • Eating pork on the holiest day of the Jewish year came back to kick me (quite literally) in the ass, as I suffered just what my Dad had predicted: “A jiffy tummy.” Two days later I headed north to Minnesota, and the leaves had started[…]

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