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poz

American  
[pahz] / pɑz /

adjective

  1. Slang. HIV positive.


verb (used with object)

pozzed, pozzing
  1. Slang. to infect with HIV or another sexually transmitted infection, usually through sexual contact.

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But I am also queer, poz, American, Minnesotan, all of these things.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

I want to make this relationship work, but it took me a long time not to feel radioactive after getting my poz diagnosis.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2020

Tell us all; I will hear all—that's poz!

From The Parent's Assistant by Maria Edgeworth

Five times have I commanded silence, and five times in vain; and I won't command anything five times in vain—that's poz!

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

I won’t tell, little mother; still, I must make a bargain with you, as I don’t intend that fusty old Burgher Jans to have my handsome young mutterchen, that’s poz!

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

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