skag
- noun
- /skæɡ/
- NSFW
- No needle marks, no traces of skag.
Examples
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He struggles every day to stay away from skag after years of addiction.
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After losing his job, he turned back to skag to cope with the stress.
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Tried to sell me some skag.
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So, I'm off the skag.
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I've been on skag for 15 years.
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Up to Swanney's, pay off my debts, buy some skag.
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You need any skag?
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I'm off the skag.
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We've just come back from Tommy's funeral and you're talking about a skag deal?
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The street was filled with people looking to buy skag in the dead of night.
Synonyms
A strong illegal drug made from morphine that people easily become addicted to
An illegal drug, heroin, often injected or smoked by users
A street name for the drug heroin
A strong illegal drug that people usually inject or smoke
A street name for the illegal drug heroin
A slang word for the illegal drug heroin
A street name for the illegal drug heroin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skag is street slang for heroin and its exact origin is unclear, but a helpful way to remember it is to see it as a spelling of older slang scag, a word used for something 'dirty' or low. So skag came to mean a cheap, dangerous drug on the street.