Drugs Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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trick or treat n. The most intriguing role in the 66-minute film goes to the unseen informant who supposedly led the cops to the wrong address, where Mena was killed. The snitch offers insight into a practice called “trick or treat,“ in which he bought drugs anywhere he could find them, then gave the drugs to Denver police, who used them as the evidence for warrants to search wherever they chose. [English Drugs Police New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 15, 2007)

triple C n. Videos are being posted online by teenagers on cough medicine, and the street term for this is “robotripping” or “triple c,“ named after the two most popular brands, Robitussin and Coricidin. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (May. 9, 2007)

tuk-tuk n. Tik, Tuk-Tuk or crystal meth gives adolescents what they want—confidence and a sense of power. [South Africa Drugs] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2004)

turkey dope n. Another male is charged with possession and intent to distribute an imitation substance. Detectives referred to it as “turkey dope,“ and say it’s a fake which dealers try to pass off as real narcotics. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 4, 2008)

tussing v. Abuse is called robotripping, tussing or dexing. [English Drugs] [full cite] (Feb. 28, 2005)

vampire n. “If it doesn’t show up in the drug controls, then it’s not doping.“ The UCI announced that it was targeting 10 or so “men in black”—riders who trained in far-flung, secret locations in black jerseys that disguised their identities, ostensibly to foil drug-testers. What’s the big deal, replied Astana in a statement. Yes, our riders sometimes train in plain clothes—not to avoid UCI “vampires,“ as the drug-testers are called—but to foil “cyclo-tourists” who are always trying to get autographs. [English Drugs Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2007)

vegetables n.pl. “Hey Afroman!“ a student shouted into the rapper/singer’s dressing room window after the show, “I got a fat sack of headies for ya. You gonna let us in?“ They must’ve known that Afroman had to ditch his “vegetables,“ as he calls them, while being pulled over on the way to Burlington. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 29, 2007)

vein brother n. But nothing in their records, or in their daily appearances around the neighborhood, could foretell what became the macabre final chapter of a bond reminiscent of the days when Hell’s Kitchen was known more for its drugs and robberies than its fashionable bistros and high-rises. Neighbors described them as “vein brothers,” addicts who use intravenous drugs. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 10, 2008)

wake and bake v. phr. The day’s already half gone, and Carlos, who sheepishly admits he’s a wake-and-bake sort of guy, hasn’t done much today but blaze blunts with his “boys”—fellow gang members—as the rain came down for the first time in weeks. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2006)

walker n. The cocaine arrived on October 8 in the most humble of vehicles: a briefcase, carried as hand luggage on a flight from Argentina by a man described in court documents as the “walker”—or, in popular parlance, the drug mule. [English Drugs] [full cite] (May. 15, 2005)

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