clicker
n.— «Clickers, also known as clickums, are ordinary cigarettes dipped in formaldehyde, a preservative used as an embalming fluid. The cigarette is smoked after the chemical has evaporated and the cigarette is dry.» —“Use of ‘clickers’ a growing drug abuse problem” by Tim Talley Baton Rouge Morning Advocate Oct. 13, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital is a sensuous, exhilarating meditation about the strangeness of life on a space station, with its mix of tedious tasks and jaw-dropping views. And: a musician who rode the rails in his youth shares the slang he...
Steve, a singer-songwriter from Rock Springs, Wyoming, shares some slang he picked up while months riding the rails and busking. Spanging refers to panhandling, from asking for “spare change.” The term bull refers to a type of security...