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A relative afflicted with a condition knows as either "Shuga-diabetes" or "Sugar'betes"

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The blacks I worked with at the state referred to this as:
"The Sugar"

As in, he's got "the sugar".

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i asked my husband about all of this earlier today. he agreed with fatman on calling diabetes "the sugar,". he added that "high blood pressure" is referred to like this: "my moms has the pressure". also, venereal diseases are referred to as "the drip," and fainting is referred to like this: "jak'wan hit the pipe, then he done fell out.
one time he had a patient who stated his chief complaint as, "i was gettin' a slick on my hang-down and i done got swooped." translated: his girlfriend walked in on him getting a blow job from some hootchie, and she hit him in the head with an iron. i think he told me some more, but now i can't remember.