AIDSy

English

Etymology

From AIDS +‎ -y.

Adjective

AIDSy (comparative more AIDSy, superlative most AIDSy)

  1. (derogatory, informal, rare) Of or relating to AIDS; resembling AIDS.
    • 1991, Gore Vidal, A View from the Diners Club: Essays 1987-1991, page 112:
      Will there be future generations? The British press of the AIDSy Eighties thinks not.
    • 2019, Benjamin Law, Growing Up Queer in Australia:
      'Well,' she said, 'did he seem AIDSy? […] Was he wearing a lot of leather? Did he look menacing and have a handlebar moustache?'
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