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AC/DC en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈeɪsiˌdisi/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Able to operate with either alternating current or direct current.
  2. (comparable, slang) Bisexual.
    • Most everyone is AC/DC / Bisexuals on a loving spree 1975, “Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.”, in City of Angels, performed by The Miracles:
    • The woman had great difficulty explaining it. ‘You know, AC–DC,’ she kept repeating. Finally she said, ‘Swings both ways.’ ‘Oh, you mean bisexual,’ Sandy said, ‘Yeah,’ the woman said, ‘AC–DC.’ 1997, Nancy Toder, Choices, 1980, page 132, quoted in Bisexual Imaginary: Representation, Identity, and Desire, Cassell, →OCLC, page 98:
    • I'm AC/DC and seek a gentle, full of energy, mid-30's gentleman who is also seekin companionship and knows the meaning of "LIFE," and is able to share it. 1981 December 12, David H. Silvestri, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 15:

Forms

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Synonyms

AC/DC · Kinsey 3 · versatile · open-minded · bi · flexible · curious · ambisextrous · switch-hitting

Translations (5)

es hacer a pelo y pluma (bisexual) · ja 両刀使い (bisexual) · fi bisse (bisexual) · fr à voile et à vapeur (bisexual) · pt gilete (bisexual)