AC/DC

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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.’

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