gay cancer

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”).

    废旧 俚语 不可数 医学

词源

From gay (“homosexual”) + cancer (“disease”). From the fact that HIV/AIDS was in its beginnings very disproportionately found in homosexual men. The word “cancer” from the analogy with a suddenly emerging, highly feared and highly lethal disease.

来源：wiktionary