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gay plague

gay plague noun: synonym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Noun

gay plague (uncountable)

  1. (dated, offensive, slang) Synonym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
    • And it aims to launch upon this task in an era of superlative need and supreme difficulty, the frightening era of ‘the gay plague,’ AIDS.1989, Marshall Kirk, Hunter Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the '90s, Doubleday Books, page xiii

Synonyms of gay plague

Origin of gay plague

From being an epidemic spreading through the gay community.

Questions about gay plague

What does gay plague mean?
Gay plague means synonym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
What part of speech is gay plague?
Gay plague is a noun.

Words near gay plague in the dictionary

  1. gay old time
  2. gay old times
  3. gay panic
  4. gay panic defense
  5. gay panic defenses
  6. gay plague
  7. gay pride
  8. Gay Pride Day
  9. Gay Pride Month
  10. gay quarter
  11. gay quarters

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