roid
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- noun
- /rɔɪd/
- NSFW
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anabolizante
- Now, I mean, just consider the fact that he's probably got roid rage, like just melting his brain.
- roid rage
- steroid use, called 'roid'
- use roids
So, so those roids, man, with all your bulk, right?
- So, so those roids, man, with all your bulk, right?
- But really, the most dangerous people I met in my life probably didn't even take roids.
- Anyone who's banging gear up the nose and training hard and banging roids in them can be a very dangerous person.
Examples
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Now there's rumors going around I'm on 'roids.
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Time to take your roids.
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So you got a 'roid going with Jackson or what?
Fiction book (1991) -
In this sense, we are still very much in the Roid Age, even if the athletes themselves may be 'clean' and well tested.
Blog text (3) -
Getting hooked on 'roids at 35 is no way to live.
Blog text (23) -
The Golden Age of power hitting turned out to have been the 'Roid Age' of juiced batters.
Blog text (3) -
Bodybuilders take a lot because they are brainwashed, and most take roids, simple.
Blog text (30) -
But the damage was done: McGwire had reached for sporting immortality during the 'steroid era' -- the 'Roid Age.'
Blog text (3) -
There's a big difference between fake Hollywood roid muscle and, say, the muscle of a gymnast or pro boxer.
Blog text (30) -
Many athletes have faced serious consequences due to roid use and its associated rage.
Synonyms
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3.9
A medicine that reduces swelling or helps build muscle
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4.3
A man-made hormone that helps make muscles and bones grow, sometimes used by doctors but misused by athletes
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word roid is slang that comes from the shorter word steroid, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of it like how 'info' shortens 'information'. Steroids are drugs that help increase muscle growth and strength, so roid refers to those muscle-building drugs.