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- Dictionarydope/dəʊp/
noun
- 1. a drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis: informal "my dad caught me smoking dope" Similar
- 2. a stupid person: informal "though he wasn't an intellectual giant, he was no dope either" Similar
verb
- 1. administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance: "the horse was doped before the race" Similar
- 2. smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid: "she doped the surface with photographic emulsion"
adjective
- 1. very good: informal "that suit is dope!"
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Jan 5, 2016 · In 1981, ‘dope’ made the leap from noun to adjective and, more importantly, from negative connotation to positive connotation, coming to mean excellent in the lexicon of the emerging hip-hop culture. The process by which dope became good is known as inversion or incongruity. Slang functions as an anti-language. In a short and brilliant ...
This question ought to be reopened, because the current answers are basically wrong. Whether or not other usage in youth culture pre-dates it, sick became slang for pretty much the opposite of what it traditionally means in the late '90s in South London, with predominantly black kids into the 'grime' music scene, which in turn spawned the 'dubstep' music scene.
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Dec 9, 2016 · Database search results. The earliest match in a n Elephind search that explicitly identifies someone's ass as the conduit for blown smoke (in a slang sense) is from John Anderson, "Billie Carr: The 'Godmother' of Local Liberal Politics," in the [Houston, Texas] Rice Thresher (June 26 1975), the student newspaper at Rice University in Houston:
May 4, 2020 · 167 2 2 7. 1. One thing it implies is the ability to understand and learn about the topic in question. The other is the necessity.. – TaW. Nov 1, 2014 at 11:15. Add a comment. Add a comment. Add a comment.
Dope slap is the most common expression I know for striking someone in the back of the head with an open palm. The b -expression, which I will not repeat, usually refers to a different kind of strike, typically a backhand across the face (or am I thinking of the pimp slap?).
How about Fee, Fye, Pho, ƒum?Fee being the lesser of the Golden Section (or a value of 0.6180339), Fye being the greater of the Golden Section (or a value of 2.6180339), Pho being a shorthand for Fibonacci or Phyllotaxis, and ƒum being the word sum when written in old script.
Dec 16, 2010 · The phrase came to mean money for anything (seemingly) worthless. From localhistories.org. There’s a suggestion that “money for old rope” dates back to the days of public executions in England (hangings). The hangman was responsible for his rope and was obliged by law to keep it. However, macabre souvenir hunters were willing to pay a ...
and sucker: “young mammal before it is weaned”, late 14c., agent noun from suck. Slang meaning “person who is easily deceived” is first attested 1836, in American English, on notion of naivete; the verb in this sense is from 1939. But another theory traces the slang meaning to the fish called a sucker (1753), on the notion of being easy ...
Nov 2, 2013 · OED says: doobie: a marijuana cigarette. Origin unknown. A relationship with dobby has been suggested. dobby/dobbie: A silly old man, a dotard, a booby. Dialectal. First citations: 1967 J. B. Williams Narcotics & Hallucinogenics. Dubbe, Negro slang for a marijuana roach.
