MOTSS

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MOTSS
/mots/
/M·O·T·S·S/
Usage: n.
Etymology: Usenet
Derivation: From the 1970 U.S. census forms via Usenet

See Also: SO


MOTSS: /mots/ /M·O·T·S·S/ n.

[from the 1970 U.S. census forms via Usenet] Member Of The Same Sex, esp. one considered as a possible sexual partner. The gay-issues newsgroup on Usenet is called soc.motss. See MOTOS and MOTAS, which derive from it. See also SO.

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Source: MOTSS, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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