angel dust
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- noun
- /ˈeɪn.dʒəl dʌst/
- NSFW
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polvo de ángel
- Some other stuff that's unidentifiable, and I think a little bit of angel dust, actually, if I'm not mistaken.
- angel dust (PCP)
Remember ketamine and PCP Angel dust, very similar compounds both block the and MDA receptor.
- Remember ketamine and PCP Angel dust, very similar compounds both block the and MDA receptor.
Examples
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This is angel dust.
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He overdosed on angel dust and had to be taken to the hospital.
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What angel dust? 'Cause he says back, "It's a goddamn drug is what it is."
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I'd scored some angel dust for the trip, and when the army shrink got a look at my diagnostic, they sent me home.
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Did you know he's been busted for pushing angel dust?
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I was wired for sound, but the angel dust upped my odds.
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It's angel dust, homes.
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Quaaludes, angel dust, heroin, cocaine, and we're studying karate.
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We got smack, we got coke, we got uppers, we got downers, we got acid, we got pot, we've got angel dust.
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The party was wild, with many people using angel dust to enhance their experience.
Synonyms
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A strong illegal drug that makes people see things and act violently
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A strong illegal drug that makes people have dangerous hallucinations and was used to put animals to sleep
A man-made drug used by vets to put animals to sleep and sometimes used illegally to cause hallucinations
Surface Forms
Morphology
angel + dust
The compound 'angel dust' is a slang name for the drug PCP and there is no compositional or predictable link between 'angel' and 'dust' and the meaning of an illicit hallucinogen. Because this is an idiomatic/slang label whose meaning must be learned rather than derived (and drug slang varies widely across languages), a B1 learner who only knows the constituents would not be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Angel dust may come from the drug's fine powder, the dust, and from the dream-like feelings some users called 'angelic', which gives the angel part. So the name came to mean the drug 'PCP'.