Meanings
- euphemisticHIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
“Looks ain’t everything—like a bad bitch could have that house in Virginia, you never know,” says Scoop.
2013, M. K. Asante, Buck: A Memoir, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 1152 more examples
That other crowd, which is the crowd made up of members of our own same-gender loving community saying, “Girl, Miss Thing losing too much weight. She must have a House In Virginia!”
2010, Badilisho, “Well It’s Official... Er’body Can Get Married In D.C.” In Mighty Real: An Anthology of African American Same Gender Loving Writing, ed. R. Bryant Smith and Darius Omar Williams, Lulu.com, p. 399Charles suddenly grew very serious. He paused, and then spoke. “Well... how can I put this... Naleejah has a House In Virginia.”
2012, Dream Jordan, Bad Boy, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 115
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
The phrase has the same initials as the name of the virus.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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