skin-popn.
/ˈskɪnpɒp/, U.S. /ˈskɪnˌpɑp/ slang (originally and chiefly North American).
A subcutaneous, as opposed to intravenous, injection of a drug, typically a narcotic. Cf. main line n. 3, skin-pop v. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > by injection
needle1903
jabbing1926
main line1931
mainlining1951
shooting1951
skin-popping1951
skin-pop1952
popping1957
skinning1973
1952 G. Mandel Flee Angry Strangers 61 If you like junk you keep shmeckin and shootin, then the skin pop goes to the big pipe and you run your head on the wall for sleep when your habit gets so big you can't buy.
1959 ‘E. McBain’ Pusher viii. 77 Snorting?.. Skin pops?.. Larry, Larry, are you mainlining?
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird xvi. 242 You can't deny we gave your social habits a skin-pop.
1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 430 She was smug for days after. She gave herself a little treat, a skin-pop in the fireplace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
skin-popv.
/ˈskɪnpɒp/, U.S. /ˈskɪnˌpɑp/ slang (originally and chiefly North American).
intransitive. To inject a drug, typically a narcotic, subcutaneously, as opposed to intravenously. Cf. mainline v. 1, skin-popping n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] > by injection
shoot1914
hypo1925
fix1938
jab1938
skin-pop1951
1951 Life 25 June 21/1 I heard and saw guys who skin pop,..smoke pot, banging and shoot up the main vein in your arm and leg.
1970 Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 19/1 She had also ‘skin-popped’ (injected drugs just below the surface of the skin) and taken a vast assortment of pills.
1997 L. Yablonsky Story of Junk 40 It was Belle who first put a needle in my arm—speed, back in those days, we skin-popped.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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