gift giver

noun

A sexual partner who transmits HIV to a bug-chaser.

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Meanings

noungift giver (plural gift givers)

plural gift givers

  1. slanglifestyleA sexual partner who transmits HIV to a bug-chaser.

    It is difficult to say exactly how many people are intentionally spreading HIV, but in any given week, in the San Francisco Bay Area personals section of Craigslist, it is not unusual to find at least a couple of personal ads by bug chasers or gift givers.

    2016 November 30, Joseph Channing, “An Undercover Look Inside the World of HIV Bug Chasers and Gift Givers”, in SF Weekly
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gift, giver.
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APA

gift giver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gift%20giver

MLA

“gift giver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gift%20giver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gift giver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gift%20giver.

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