[Ads-l] patient zero

[Jonathan Lighter]

Originally (at least in news culture) the first guy known to have (and
spread) AIDS.

But now (Yahoo! News):

"Brooklyn Reiff is patient zero in a massive Internet meme that millions of
people have read or heard about."

Apparently "the source" (of an Internet meme).

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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