gay plague en · NOUN
Etymology
From being an epidemic spreading through the gay community.
Meanings
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(dated, offensive, slang, uncountable) Synonym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
And it aims to launch upon this task in an era of superlative need and supreme difficulty, the frightening era of ‘the gay plague,’ AIDS.
1989, Marshall Kirk, Hunter Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the '90s, Doubleday Books, page xiii:
Synonyms
gay cancer · 4H disease · acquired immune deficiency syndrome · gay-related immunodeficiency · gay plague · GRID · acquired immunodeficiency syndrome · AIDS