单词 | blue heaven |
释义 | > as lemmasblue heaven blue heaven n. slang (originally U.S.) a capsule or tablet of the barbiturate amylobarbitone (amobarbital); cf. sense B. 26.Sometimes also: a tablet, capsule, etc., of the drug LSD (see quot. 1999). ΚΠ 1951 Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner 18 May 3 a/1 Peddlers of the sleeping pills—known as ‘Goof Balls’, ‘Red Birds’, ‘Yellow Jackets’, or ‘Blue Heavens’—even circulated among school children. 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture iv. 174 He told me..that John dealt more Blue Heavens than anything else. 1999 R. K. Kelz Conversational Spanish for Health Professionals (ed. 3) xvi. 356 The English street terminology for LSD includes: acid, barrels.., blue cheer, blue heavens. 2000 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 11 Sept. a13 Known on the street as ‘downers’ or ‘barbs,’ many are named for the colours of their brand-name versions—blues or blue heavens, yellow jackets, red birds or red devils. < as lemmas |
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