Jargon of Fistiana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8727964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Creighton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1933 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 34-34 |
| Publication date | 1933-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3181756 |
| OpenAlex | W2312621404 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
of morphine, etc., remain in the cotton. A geezer is another name for an injection or inhalation of drugs: and to be all geezed up means to be satisfyingly under the influence of any form of narcotic. The man who cooks or prepares pills for the opium-smoker is known as the chef; from which the verb, to chef and the noun cheffing also derive. Mr. Maurer's expression, lying on his hip, is, I believe, an incorrect transcription of the expression laying the hip,which means to lie down and dream while smoking opium. Then there are other terms, such as chuck horrors, which describes the sudden increase of appetite experienced by the addict when breaking a habit; joyrider, which denotes a person, not a true narcotic-addict, who occasionally indulges in the use of drugs; prisonjunker is a scornful epithet by which the true addicts describe those who use
Epithet · Expression (computer science · Jargon · Linguistics · Verb · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Psychology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |