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closet case
noun- a person who is secretly homosexual US, 1969
- "[S]omeone from Dallas–I think he’s a closet case–wrote a horrible letter, from a Christian point of view. — Dan Woog, Jocks, p. 211, 1998
- someone to be ashamed of US
Teen slang, without any suggestion of the homosexuality later associated with the term. - — Look, p. 88, 10th August 1954
- a potential romantic interest whom you are keeping away from your friends US
- [F]raternity and sorority has its share of closet cases. — Max Shulman, Guided Tour of Campus Humor, p. 75, 1955
- — McCall’s, April 1967
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