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gift giver

gift giver noun: a sexual partner who transmits HIV to a bug-chaser.

Noun

gift giver (plural gift givers)

  1. (slang) A sexual partner who transmits HIV to a bug-chaser.
    • It is difficult to say exactly how many people are intentionally spreading HIV, but in any given week, in the San Francisco Bay Area personals section of Craigslist, it is not unusual to find at least a couple of personal ads by bug chasers or gift givers.2016 November 30, Joseph Channing, “An Undercover Look Inside the World of HIV Bug Chasers and Gift Givers”, in SF Weekly
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gift, giver.

Forms of gift giver

pluralgift givers

Questions about gift giver

What does gift giver mean?
Gift giver means a sexual partner who transmits HIV to a bug-chaser.
What part of speech is gift giver?
Gift giver is a noun.
What is the plural of gift giver?
The plural of gift giver is gift givers.

Words near gift giver in the dictionary

  1. gift from above
  2. gift from heaven
  3. gift from the goddesses
  4. gift from the gods
  5. gift from the heavens
  6. gift giver
  7. gift givers
  8. gift hall
  9. gift halls
  10. gift horse
  11. gift horses

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