positoid
n.— «Of course it isn’t safe. But you automatically get HIV if you have protected sex with a positoid.» —“Re: Poll” by Zoe Usenet: alt.gothic Dec. 9, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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This term was coined by the heterosexualist Boy Scout columnist in _Poz_ in the mid-’90s. I still have all my issues. (Also _negatoid_.)
Hello,
Shawn Decker here. I created the word “positoid” to give people with HIV/AIDS a decent monicker to go by. The example given above needs to be altered; you won’t get HIV if you have protected sex with a positoid. I believe Zoe made a typo.