skag

Examples

• All

• He struggles every day to stay away from skag after years of addiction.

• After losing his job, he turned back to skag to cope with the stress.

• Tried to sell me some skag.

  Hustle (1975)

• So, I'm off the skag.

  T2 Trainspotting (2017)

• I've been on skag for 15 years.

  T2 Trainspotting (2017)

• Up to Swanney's, pay off my debts, buy some skag.

  T2 Trainspotting (2017)

• You need any skag?

  Vulgar (2002)

• I'm off the skag.

  Trainspotting (1996)

• We've just come back from Tommy's funeral and you're talking about a skag deal?

  Trainspotting (1996)

• The street was filled with people looking to buy skag in the dead of night.

Synonyms

H

heroin

vsskag

• NSFW

343 6.6

A strong illegal drug made from morphine that people easily become addicted to

is the informal street term rather than the clinical or formal name

S

smack

vsskag

• NSFW

22 9.9

An illegal drug, heroin, often injected or smoked by users

is the same informal street name rather than a neutral medical term

S

scag

vsskag

• NSFW

2 9.9

A strong illegal drug that people usually inject or smoke

is the same street slang but written with the other spelling

T

thunder

vsskag

• NSFW

1 9.9

A street name for the drug heroin

is the broader slang term often used across many informal situations

N

nose drops

vsskag

• NSFW

1 9.9

A street name for the illegal drug heroin

is the straightforward street slang rather than a euphemistic phrase

B

Big H

vsskag

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9.9

A street name for the illegal drug heroin

is the informal street label but used more broadly in slang contexts

H

hell dust

vsskag

• NSFW

9.9

A slang word for the illegal drug heroin

is the general informal street term without the extra vivid imagery

Surface Forms

Etymology