heroin
nounnouncommon in dialogue
- Canada//hɛəɹoʊ.ɪn//
- //ˈhɛɹoʊ.ɪn//
A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
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A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
Wow, that heroin is in my blood / And the blood is in my head / Yeah, thank God that I'm good as dead / Ooohhh, thank your God that I'm not aware / And thank God that I just don't care / And I guess I just don't know
I saw a real strange, weird object / Standing up talking to the people / And I found out it was heroin / That deadly drug that go in your veins
The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
Fentanyl, which looks like heroin, is a powerful synthetic painkiller that has been laced into heroin but is increasingly being sold by itself — often without the user’s knowledge.
Etymology
Since the 1890s, by genericization from German Heroin, originally a trademark, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”) and the suffix -in (“-ine”). Said to have been called thus to evoke quick and sweeping effect as a painkiller and cough suppressant (its original uses). Alternatively explained as a reference to the heroic school of medicine.
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Variant of heroineobsoleteObsolete spelling of heroine.
Forms
- plural
- heroins
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