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gay plague

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

obsolete, slang, uncountable

Examples

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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