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a euphemism for any sexually-transmitted ailment- such as Syphilis, Gonnorhea, Chancroid- and worst of all-AIDS. In other words, VD. There was some comedian in the fifties and sixties that used to make a wisecrack towards people he didn"t like- You Have a Social Disease! It is no laughing matter, but it is a social problem- indeed.

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