Alcohol/Drug Slang Glossary | Health Services | University of Minnesota Duluth

All the terms you wanted to know but felt like it was too dorky to ask!

SLANG GLOSSARY

40 oz - a forty-ounce container of malt liquor

Acid/LSD - a hallucinogenic drug. Full name is Lysergic acid diethylamide

Baked, stoned - Being high (on weed)

Benzos - Short for benzodiazepines. Medications used for a tranquilizing effect, such as Valium and Xanax

Binge drinking - textbook definition is 5 for more drinks for biological males in a 2 hour period of time, 4 or more drinks for biological women in a 2 hour period of time

Blackout - A person is still conscious and engaging in conversation, but they will have no memory of it

Blunt - a hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis.

Bong - a tool that uses water to smoke weed (often referred to as rips)

Brownout - Less intense than the experience of "blacking out" when drunk and not remembering portions (or all) of your night, "browning out" occurs when you don't remember something until someone brings it up.

Buzzed - slightly drunk or tipsy

Carts - short for “cartridges”, the part of the vape pen that heats up the vape oil, can be used for vaping weed or nicotine

Chaser - usually a non-alcoholic drink that is consumed after taking a drink or shot of hard liquor

Coke - short for cocaine; a stimulant most commonly snorted

Crossed/Twisted - being high and drunk at the same time

Dab/dab pen - a vape system that uses the concentrated THC form of wax

Darty - literally the two words “day party” put together, they are usually outside and are common when the weather gets warmer after a freezing Duluth winter

Distributor - Someone you purchase drugs from (prescription, cocaine, cannabis)

Greenout - A green out is a cannabis-induced physiological or psychological panic attack. Symptoms include sweating, nausea, heart palpitations, hypervigilance, paranoia, and the fear or feeling that you might be dying or about to die. A green out is typically caused by smoking or ingesting too much cannabis too quickly.

Handle - a half-gallon of liquor. It gets its name from the handle that is on half gallons.

High-risk drinking - this term is often used interchangeably with Binge Drinking.

Hit - to inhale or take a puff of weed

Joint - a rolled marijuana cigarette

Mixie - a mixed drink, generally liquor and something sweet like juice or pop

Mods - used for vaping, larger than a standard e-cigarette or vape pen and usually produce more vapor, they are modified (hence, “mod”) to included advanced features like a larger battery or more room for e-liquid, mods are not usually used by vaping “beginners”

Nic - shortened form of the word nicotine

Paraphernalia - Any object or tool used to get high or under the influence. (ex/ bong, piece, pipe, *more examples*)

Pass Out - It might appear as though someone has fallen asleep. Passing out is a sign of alcohol poisoning and can be life-threatening.

Pickup - The process which entails meeting a dealer in a (usually) prearranged place, and purchasing drugs

Pull - When you drink liquor straight from the bottle

Predatory Drugs (often called Date Rape Drugs) - any drug (sedative, sleeping pills, anesthesia) that incapacitates another person and renders that person vulnerable to sexual assault

Pregame - Drinking alcohol before going to a social event, like a sports game or party

Roofied - A general term used to describe someone who has slipped a date rape drug (also known as a Predatory Drug), usually in pill or liquid form mixed in with a drink. Gets its name from Rohypnol, which has been used as a Predatory Drug.

Shrooms - Hallucinogenic mushrooms which containing psilocybin

Twisted/Crossed - Being high and drunk at the same time

Wax - A very potent form of weed, it has a gooey wax consistency and has a high THC concentration...generally between 70 to 90%

MYTHBUSTERS

The alcohol I drank “hit me all at once” - When you consume alcohol, about 20%, which is absorbed in your stomach, produces the initial buzz (feeling of warmth, relaxation, etc.) The remaining 80% is absorbed in your small intestines. Due to the variety of factors that influence metabolism (food consumed, biological sex, weight, fatty tissue, rapidity of alcohol consumption), it can take 15-45 minutes for the full absorption and impact. If you are drinking rapidly, you may consume quite a lot in that amount of time. Our suggestion - just slow down. You will be able to better monitor what your buzz is. You can’t undo the damage once it’s done

Pedialyte cures hangovers - No, but Pedialyte will help someone who has been vomiting to recover electrolytes. Water will help restore hydration but the only thing that “cures” a hangover is time.

Coffee, food, or a shower will sober up someone who is drunk - If you put them in the shower, they’ll just be a wet drunk. If you give them coffee, they’ll just be an alert, caffeinated drunk, if you give them Potato Oles TM, they’ll just be a full drunk. But they’ll still be drunk. The only thing that sobers someone up is the body metabolizing alcohol and that takes time. 1-2 hours per drink consumed.

Information gathered from: Alcohol 101 , Urban Dictionary, UMD Peer Drug and Alcohol Educators Presentation