PED

PED
 n.— «Alex Rodriguez’s recent admission of using performance enhancing drugs has pushed the issue back into the national spotlight once again.…How much impact are “PEDs”—as they have become known in popular culture—having at the local level?» —“High school sports and steroids” by Cam Huffman Aiken Standard (South Carolina) Mar. 1, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • 1996

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