"gay cancer" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{com|en|gay|cancer|t1=homosexual|t2=disease}} gay (“homosexual”) + cancer (“disease”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gay cancer (uncountable)
  1. (pathology, obsolete, slang, 1980s) Synonym of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”) Tags: obsolete, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBT, Pathology, Sexually transmitted diseases Synonyms: AIDS [synonym, synonym-of], gay plague, GRID (english: gay-related immune deficiency or gay-related immunodeficiency)
    Sense id: en-gay_cancer-en-noun-7OI-0zNU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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