purple drank
nounEtymology
From purple + drank (“drink”).
Definitions
A recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the…
A recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.
- The infamous purple drank made me dizzy and sick, but I loved its aftertaste.
- Instead of listening to the message, people find it easier to blame the messenger. Hip-hop may have promoted purple drank, but it did not create it. OxyContin abuse became a national emergency without a backing soundtrack.
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