Street slang for a potent, high-purity form of heroin, often implying a particularly dangerous or premium-branded batch.
Street slang for a potent, high-purity form of heroin, often implying a particularly dangerous or premium-branded batch. The name gained wider cultural recognition through 'The Wire,' where it referred to a premium drug product. The 'blue' may reference the drug's color or simply be an evocative brand-style name used by dealers to signal quality.
The detective said blue magic had been moving through the neighborhood for weeks before the overdoses started.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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Medical slang for a vein, typically used in clinical or paramedic informal speech. The 'blue' refers to the appearance of veins through the skin and the deoxygenated blood they carry. Used informally among healthcare workers rather than in formal medical documentation. Occasionally heard in patient-facing contexts when healthcare providers are being deliberately casual.
British archaic slang for gin — part of a cluster of indirect terms for spirits used in 18th and 19th century slang. 'Blue' may reference the blue flame gin produces when burned, or its association with poverty and working-class drink culture. Now entirely obsolete; encountered only in historical slang dictionaries.
(slang) A form of the drug LSD.
(slang, dated) A capsule or tablet of amobarbital.
(slang) A potent form of heroin.