jungle fever
English
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Noun
edit- (medicine) Any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria.
- (slang, derogatory) Attraction of a person of non-African descent towards people of African descent.
- Synonym: black fever
Coordinate terms
editsexual attraction
Related terms
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Further reading
edit- “jungle fever n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present