AC/DC

¹

[ey-see-dee-see]

adjective

Slang.

1. sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.

AC/DC

²

Or A.C./D.C.,

Electricity.

1. alternating current or direct current.

AC/DC

adjective

1. informal,  (of a person) bisexual

Word History and Origins

Origin of AC/DC¹

1940–45, for an earlier sense; 1960–65 for this use

Word History and Origins

Origin of AC/DC¹

C20: humorous reference to electrical apparatus that is adaptable for _{alternating current} and _{direct current}

Example Sentences

Enriquez, a 2022 finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, has long been a kind of rock ’n’ roll maverick in the mode of Rachel Kushner — there are references to Joy Division, Nick Cave and AC/DC — but at heart she’s a moralist.

From Los Angeles Times

A nocturnal animal, he'd bait his prey with crates of vinyl, swooping in for the kill with a perfectly-timed drop of AC/DC's Back In Black or Busta Rhymes' Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See.

From BBC

I stared too long at a black jacket and AC/DC hat worn by the Night Stalker — serial killer Richard Ramirez.

From Los Angeles Times

Few bands are so inextricably linked with a musical genre, but Sabbath set the template for everyone from Motörhead and AC/DC to Metallica and Guns 'n' Roses.

From BBC

Osbourne said later that the song was inspired by the alcohol-related death of AC/DC lyricist Bon Scott in 1980, though the actual songwriter, Bob Daisley, said he was actually thinking of Osbourne when he wrote the lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times