Peter in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, asks how the expression I’m beside myself came to mean “upset” or “unsettled.” The phrase suggests an out-of-body experience and came into English in the 14th century via a French translation of the Aeneid. This is...
candy flipping
n.— «One reads: “Let’s go candy flipping tonight”—another term for using ecstasy.» —“Study: Drugs, Sex Prominent In Teen Online Chats” by Mary Calvi WCBS-TV (New York City) June 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
boat n.— «The investigation began earlier this month after Vu allegedly began negotiating the sale 1,000-pill quantities of ecstasy, commonly known as a “boat,” for between $2,500 and $2,700.» —“3,500 Dosage Units Of Date Rape Drug Seized In SJ” in...
shafting n.— «A young dentist boasted to a friend that he had taken six ecstasy tablets and was heading to the toilets to insert another into his rectum so that it would be absorbed faster. The conversation was shocking to some who overheard it...
buy bust n.— «At the time of the Aug. 11, 2005, bust, members of the Marin Major Crimes Task Force already had purchased 400 pills from Marquez. They arranged to buy 2,000 pills for $10,000 in a transaction known to investigators as the “buy bust...
thizz
v.— «True to the night’s theme, the two are indeed thizzin’—meaning, in hip-hop patois, that they’re high on the drug Ecstasy.» —“Feelin’ Their Thizzle” by Arch Stanton Infoshop News Mar. 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)