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house in Virginia

house in Virginia noun: HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.

Noun

house in Virginia

  1. (euphemistic) HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
    • That other crowd, which is the crowd made up of members of our own same-gender loving community saying, “Girl, Miss Thing losing too much weight. She must have a House In Virginia!”2010, Badilisho, “Well It’s Official... Er’body Can Get Married In D.C.” In Mighty Real: An Anthology of African American Same Gender Loving Writing, ed. R. Bryant Smith and Darius Omar Williams...
    • Charles suddenly grew very serious. He paused, and then spoke. “Well... how can I put this... Naleejah has a House In Virginia.”2012, Dream Jordan, Bad Boy, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 115

Origin of house in Virginia

The phrase has the same initials as the name of the virus.

Questions about house in Virginia

What does house in Virginia mean?
House in Virginia means HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
What part of speech is house in Virginia?
House in Virginia is a noun.

Words near house in Virginia in the dictionary

  1. house guests
  2. house hermit
  3. house hermits
  4. house husband
  5. house husbands
  6. house in Virginia
  7. house keeper
  8. house keepers
  9. house lamb
  10. house lambs
  11. house leader

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