section 8
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]section 8 (countable and uncountable, plural section 8s)
- (US, informal) Federally subsidized housing for low-income families and individuals, formally known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
- (US, military) Discharge from the United States military for reason of being mentally unfit for service.
- 1983 December 31, James L. Zipper, “Happy To Be Me”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 13:
- By the time got out of the service I was tuly [sic] a broken man. The constant threat of the stockade or a section eight (undesireable discharge for being gay) drove me to the verge of insanity.
See also
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Section 8 (housing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Section 8 (military) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- projects (plural noun)
