Big H
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- noun
- NSFW
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heroína
- People struggling with addiction sometimes refer to heroin as Big H.
Examples
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He got caught with some Big H last night.
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The police made several arrests related to trafficking Big H in the city.
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He was caught on the street trying to buy some Big H.
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Many people struggle with Big H addiction.
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He struggled with addiction to Big H, which deeply affected his life.
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Many young people in the city are getting caught up in the world of Big H.
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She warned her friends about the dangers of Big H after seeing its effects on others.
Synonyms
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An illegal drug, heroin, often injected or smoked by users
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A street name for the drug heroin
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A very strong illegal drug called heroin that makes people addicted
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A strong illegal drug that people usually inject or smoke
A slang word for the illegal drug heroin
A street name for the illegal drug heroin
Surface Forms
Morphology
big + H
The slang meaning 'heroin' is not derivable from the literal constituents 'big' (large/important) and 'H' (a letter with no lexical meaning given); a B1 learner who knows those words would not infer a drug sense. Because this is an informal, language-specific abbreviation/slang use rather than a compositional phrase, it is unpredictable for learners and therefore opaque.
Etymology
Big H is slang that comes from using the first letter H for the drug 'heroin', with big added to show its strength or importance. One popular story says people used this short, quiet form to talk about the drug without naming it, so Big H now means 'heroin'.