sherm
n.— «In police documents, detectives revealed that a witness told investigators he gave rides to the two teens on the day of the slaying, first to a “sherm house” in central Little Rock.…“Sherm” is a street term for a cigarette dipped in PCP.» —“Two boys, 17, plead innocent in slaying” by Jim Brooks Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) Dec. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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