AC/DC

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

AC/DC (comparative more AC/DC, superlative most AC/DC)

1. (not comparable) Able to operate with either alternating current or direct current.
2. (comparable, slang) Bisexual.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bisexual

   • 1975, “Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.”, in City of Angels, performed by The Miracles:

     Most everyone is AC/DC / Bisexuals on a loving spree

   • 1981 December 12, David H. Silvestri, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 15:

     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.

   • 1997, Nancy Toder, Choices, 1980, page 132, quoted in Bisexual Imaginary: Representation, Identity, and Desire, Cassell, →OCLC, page 98:

     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.’

Translations

bisexual

• Finnish: bisse (fi)
• French: à voile et à vapeur (fr) (literally “on windsail and on steam power”)
• Japanese: 両刀使い (ryōtōzukai)
• Portuguese: gilete (pt) m
• Spanish: hacer a pelo y pluma

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