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–noun
absenteeism among police officers or firefighters who claim to be ill but are in fact absent to support union contract demands or negotiations: so called from the officers' blue uniforms.
Origin:
1965–70
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blue flu  
n.  A sickout, especially by uniformed police officers.

[From the blue color of most police officers' uniforms.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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blue flu

  1. n.
    an imaginary disease afflicting police officers who call in sick during a work stoppage or slowdown. (Journalistic. Occurs where strikes are illegal.) : Another epidemic of the blue flu struck the city's police officers early today.
  2. n.
    a hangover. : He was out late last night and has the blue flu.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Main Entry: blue flu
Function: noun
: an organized absence from work by police officers on the pretext of sickness that is staged for the purpose of protest
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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