A c/d c
electricity
alternating current or direct current.
also, a.c./d.c. ac/dc, a-c/d-c, a.c.-d.c.
ac/dc
adjective
(informal) (of a person) bis-xual
word origin
c20: humorous reference to electrical apparatus that is adaptable for alternating current and direct current
ac/dc
adj.
electronics abbreviation of alternating current/direct current, by 1898. as slang for “bis-xual,” 1959, said to have been in use orally from c.1940; the notion is of working both ways.
alternating current/direct current
bis-xual
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