Jenny Crank

n. methamphetamine, especially in the phrase Jenny Crank diet, a jocular term for weight loss caused by use of the drug or similar drugs. Subjects: English, Drugs, Health, Slang

Etymological Note: A play on Jenny Craig, a popular weight-loss program. Occasionally, Jenny Crank is used to refer only to the Jenny Craig meal plan and not to the drug. Crank is one of the many slang names for methamphetamine, most commonly known as crystal meth or meth.

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Citations: 1996 Julio Laboy Orange County Register (California) (Jan. 7) “‘Meth’ speedily becoming O.C.‘s top drug woe”: Young women are attracted to methamphetamine, counselors say, because it suppresses hunger. “Girls here have an inside joke,” said Mark Farley of the Tustin recovery center. “They call it the Jenny Crank diet.” 1996 [kirin] Usenet: soc.singles (Aug. 21) “Re: Why do fat women turn men off?”: Picture Kate Moss…except she’s 26-26-26 from the Jenny Crank diet or the Scarf & barf weight plan. 1999 [soma junkie] Usenet: alt.drugs.psychedelics (Nov. 30) “Re: don’t wanna eat”: Well, you can get on the Jenny Crank diet….Tweek for breakfast…Tweek for brunch….Tweek for lunch….Tweek for Dinner….Tweek for Dessert….Tweek for midnight snack….Tweek for 3am snack….Repeat over and over. 2005 [bohochic_lsw] La Bella Vita (Dec. 27) “Flashback from september?”: I stuck my finger down my throat and this table of ugly girls turns and stares at me with there big eyes. I was like just kidding. Clair burst out laughing. Really who needs bilimia, I’m on the JENNY CRANK diet. 2006 [Rae (raeosunshine)] Cathartic Ramblings (Fridley, Minnesota) (Jan. 23) “Bustin’ ass fat”: None of my clothes fit me right anymore, and I keep thinking back to how fat I was in high school, and conversely, how skinny I was in college, even before I got on the Jenny Crank diet. 2006 Angela Brandt Havre Daily News (Montana) (May 9) “Meth is here”: The two top reasons users gave for trying meth the first time is experimentation and peer pressure, she said. Women are likely to use the drug to self medicate for depression and for weight loss. Woodward said the weight issues are the hardest to tackle. With “The Jenny crank diet” as it is known to some, meth users can drop 10 pounds in one weekend.

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