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Evolution of “Dope”

What exactly is dope? Over time, it’s meant marijuana, heroin, steroids, butter, coffee, drugs given to racehorses, and myriad other substances affecting the recipient in some excitable way. The term didn’t come to mean marijuana until...

wet reckless

wet reckless  adj.— «Blood tests after her traffic stop Sept. 27 found prescription drugs, but neither booze nor dope. So she was allowed to plead “no contest” to what’s known in California as “wet reckless”—that...

scope dope

scope dope  n.— «So what exactly is an air battle manager? The term is new, when I was first in the radar business the title was air weapons controller (sometimes referred to as “scope dope”).» —“Ground TACS (mobile...

turkey dope

turkey dope  n.— «Another male is charged with possession and intent to distribute an imitation substance. Detectives referred to it as “turkey dope,” and say it’s a fake which dealers try to pass off as real narcotics...

dope opera

dope opera  n.— «Still, musicals and might-as-well-be musicals like “Pulp Fiction” (you could call it a dope opera) have been kind to him ever since the early 1970s, when he made his stage breakthrough as a replacement Doody in the...

tope

tope  adj.— «Tope (adj., cool) “It’s a mixture of the words tight and dope, which both mean ‘cool.’” -Sylvia» —“Say What? A Glossary Of Teen Slang” by Patricia Greco KMGH-TV (Denver, Colorado) Mar...

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