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1. downie, n. View full entry 1966
...= downer2a. Cf. uppie...
2. jazz, n. and adj. View full entry 1912
...U.S.slang. Energy, excitement, ‘pep’; restlessness; animation, excitability. Now rare....
3. Narcotics Anonymous, n. View full entry 1950
...A self-help organization for recovering drug addicts, following a philosophy modelled on that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Abbreviated NA....
4. psychedelicatessen, n. View full entry 1966
...A shop selling psychedelic articles. Now chiefly in extended use with reference to music and art....
5. psychonaut, n. View full entry 1978
...A person who takes psychedelic drugs, esp. for the purpose of investigating the effects....
6. quietener, n. View full entry 1856
...A substance that quiets or soothes; a sedative or narcotic drug (cf. quieter, quietant). Also in extended use....
7. red devil, n. View full entry 1943
...In pl. Usu. with the and capital initials: (a name for) the Parachute Regiment of the British Army; (now more usually) the Parachute Regiment's display team....
8. shroom, n. View full entry 1977
...= mushroom1a....
9. sinsemilla, n. View full entry 1975
...A plant belonging to a strain of Cannabis sativa having a particularly high narcotic content; also, the narcotic produced from a plant of this kind. Also attrib....
10. skin-popping, n. View full entry 1951
...The action of injecting a drug, typically a narcotic, subcutaneously, as opposed to intravenously. Cf. mainliningmainline, skin-popper...
11. uppie, n. View full entry 1966
...= upper...
