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"Grippe" is the German word for flu.
I know that some German words have become unpopular during WW1.
I read about e.g. the term "German Measles" being more widely used, but this literally contains the word "German"...
"Grippe" was still used in American movies in the mid-1950s.
Better catch that than "the evil", which refers to leprosy!