"I think I'm getting the black lung, Pa... *cough, cough*"

There's a disease called popcorn lung.

There is a disease.  That people refer to.  As "popcorn lung."

I thought you should know.

(I seem to be on this levity-spree lately; I just am unable to take some things seriously enough.  I understand this really is a disease, and it's no laughing matter.  Furthermore, it's actual name is bronchiolitis obliterans, which sounds quite scary.  But I mean... if you give a disease a nickname like "popcorn lung," can you really expect me not to giggle?)

You can read the Wikipedia article here; I heard about it from my snopes.com feed (read that article here).

I'm pretty sure this is the only post for which I'll ever use the tag "diseases with ridiculous nicknames."  But I challenge you all to prove me wrong.  If you can find a disease with a more ridiculous nickname than "popcorn lung," I'll consider making a post all about it, just to use the tag again.