From Snotty to Congested: A Guide to Cold Symptom Language
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How to Deal With a Cold
Congested is a word that you will hear related to health, but also related to traffic. This could be vehicle-based traffic or people traffic. So if it's a busy time for the roads like between 4pm and 6pm when everyone's leaving work, that would be a time of congestion on the roads. You wouldn't want to drive in central London around 5 o'clock in the afternoon because there's going to be a lot of congestion. And if you are within a university building around the time when all the class is empty or when everyone's going to class, then there’s going to be lots of congestion.
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