Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
knob rot. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
knob rot, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
knob rot in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
knob rot you have here. The definition of the word
knob rot will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
knob rot, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Noun
knob rot (uncountable)
- (British, vulgar slang) A sexually transmitted disease (when contracted by a man).
- galloping knob rot (humorous) ― a rapidly progressing or uncontrollable sexually transmitted disease
1966, Gordon M. Williams, chapter 2, in The Camp, London: Mayflower, page 23:The Raff's getting like the boy scouts. The old regulars, they didn't think you were properly in until you'd gone down with galloping knob rot […]
2001 August 13, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, “New Girl” (22:51 from the start), in The Office, season 1, episode 5 (television production), spoken by Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook), BBC:You've been under attack for days, there's a soldier down, he's wounded, gangrene's setting in. "Who's used all the penicillin?" "Oh, Mark Paxton, sir. He's got knob rot off some tart."
2014, Joanna Nadin, The Time of My Life (The Rachel Riley Diaries), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320:Liam O'Grady removed (unconscious) from church for failing to forever hold his peace, and instead brandishing note from sexual health walk-in clinic declaring he is now knob-rot free and begging Thin Kylie to take him back […]