Noun1.slang- informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions" slang expression,slang term non-standard speech- speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily...
The sport of skeet shooting clay-pigeons is from the 1920s (which has become popular again due to the game Fortnite). In the 1970s, heroin users would skeet, slang for “flushing” out needles or injecting the drug. The underlying sense of skeet is ejection. It doesn’t take any leap...
Are you concerned your loved one is using drugs? Here are some symptoms to look out for as well a list of popular slang and street terms for drugs.
DollfaceName for a woman when a man is pleading his case or apologizing DossSleep Drilling, plugging, throwing lead, filling someone with daylight, giving someone lead poisoningShooting a gun (at someone) Drumsticks, pins, pillars, stems, uprights, get away sticks, gamsLegs ...
1983 N. Heard House of Slammers 87: If you got eyes to cop king-size I’ll git a piece for you. 1992 Bentley & Corbett Prison Sl. 75: Paper refers to a unit of measure of drugs in powder form, usually heroin or cocaine. […] (Archaic: piece). 2001 ONDCP Street Terms 17: Piec...
they mean they arecraving. Again, there are several versions of the origin but its general association is with drugs. "Jones" was a term used for a heroin ornarcoticsaddiction, but now the word can be applied to anything. Brits in the U.S. can be said to be jonesing for a decent cu...
2001 N. Green Shooting Dr. Jack (2002) 274: The guy didn’t want to give me my deposit back. Gave me shit about keeping it too long. 2010 K. Richards Life 256: I could have given Anita shit for it, but what was the point? 2013 T. Robinson Hard Bounce [ebook] Legendary for la...
1833 ‘The Parish Priest’ in Regular Thing, And No Mistake 74: For to attempt to correct a modest young woman, / With a diminutive kind of a stick. / Instead of a fine large, etc. 1836 ‘The Drummer’s Stick’ in Frisky Vocalist 4: He came upon them in the nick, / And found...
Drugs, especially morphine or heroin. 2001 ONDCP Street Terms 11: Hell dust — [...] heroin. hellfire club (n.) [presumably inspired by the original 18C Hellfire Club, a coterie of aristocratic debauchees, though not known for S&M] (US gay) a club for devotees of hardcore sado-...
1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 103: It is not an unfrequent occurrence for the sport-loving gent to give the young monkey that peculiar allowance known as ‘more kicks than halfpence’. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars and Burtons (1870) 96: Come here, you young monkey. 1870 E. Greey Queen...