nose-candy

Snorted party drug

Nose-candy is slang for cocaine, referencing both the method of ingestion (snorting through the nose) and the drug's appeal to users.

The term is casual and somewhat dated, appearing in 1970s and 80s drug culture: He blew his inheritance on nose-candy.

slang

blow

Move air forcefully

  • cokeCarbonized coal fuel
  • snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
  • powderFine dry particles

toot · bump · line · rails · snort · sniff · stash · dust · white · eight-ball

addiction

craving

Powerful urge to have

hooked · relapse · tolerance · rehabilitation · detoxification · recovery · sobriety · intervention · overdose · binge

trafficking

cartel

Price-fixing coalition

mule · bust · sting · contraband · raid · confiscation · felony · incarceration · laundering · cut

Opposites
legality/legitimacy

nose-candyprescription medication

Medicine requiring medical authorization

pharmaceuticals · medicine · over-the-counter drugs · aspirin · ibuprofen

substance effect

nose-candydowners

Things that depress

depressants · sedatives · tranquilizers · barbiturates · sleeping pills

sobriety

nose-candysobriety

Unimpaired mental state

clean living · abstinence · clear-headedness · temperance · drug-free

Family

nose, candy, noses, nosed, nosy, nosing, candies, candied

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R