LURGY Meaning of LURGY in English [ 'lə:gi ]■ noun ( plural lurgies ) Brit. humorous an unspecified illness.Origin1950s: of unknown origin; freq. used in the British radio series The Goon Show , of the 1950s and 1960s. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004