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section 8

noun — 3 senses

section 8

noun
1

US, Informal Federally subsidized housing for low-income families and individuals, formally known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program.

2

Government, Military, Politics, War US Discharge from the United States military for reason of being mentally unfit for service.

  • 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.1983 December 31, James L. Zipper, “Happy To Be Me”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 13:
3

Government, Military, Politics, War US A person so discharged.

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