FRUITMACHINE

Fruit machine

"Fruit machine" is a jocular term for a device developed in Canada that was supposed to be able to identify homosexual people, or "fruits". The subjects were made to view pornography, and the device measured the diameter of the pupils of the eyes, perspiration, and pulse for a supposed erotic response.

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fruit machine

Noun

  1. A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels identified with pictures of fruit.
  2. A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography.


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