Allergy
Allergy noun - A strong feeling of not liking or approving.
Hay fever
Hay fever noun - A seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen.
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- They were named "hay fever", after the mistaken belief that they were caused by exposure to recently cut hay (by coincidence, allergy season coincided with haying season).
Source: Newer Than They Think -
He tells Team Gibbs he didn't go with Kim on the morning run because he'd had a bad bout of hay fever the night before, but they don't believe him because it's not allergy season.
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