big-c

Big C

noun Slang.
cancer.
Also, big C.

Origin:
1970–75

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big-C definition


  1. n.
    cancer. (Usually with the.) : She was struck with the big-C.
  2. n.
    cocaine. (Drugs.) : When she started taking big-C., she was only eight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Big C

  1. cancer

  2. Chicago

  3. cocaine

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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