All 3 Uses of
venereal disease
in
1984 by Orwell
- You are prepared to cheat, to forge, to blackmail, to corrupt the minds of children, to distribute habit-forming drugs, to encourage prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases — to do anything which is likely to cause demoralization and weaken the power of the Party?†
p. 172..7
- When he spoke of murder, suicide, venereal disease, amputated limbs, and altered faces, it was with a faint air of persiflage.†
p. 175..3 *
- He heard himself promising to lie, to steal, to forge, to murder, to encourage drug-taking and prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases, to throw vitriol in a child's face.†
p. 270..6
Definition:
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(venereal disease) older term which today is more commonly called STD (sexually transmitted disease): sexually transmitted disease: a disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact