lude

lude

An abbreviation of Quaalude, the brand name of methaqualone in the United States, an addictive, barbiturate-like sedative that can have euphoric and hypnotic effects. Especially popular in the 1960s and '70s in the US, the drug is now illegal. It was a period of my life when we used to all take a bunch of ludes whenever we would hang out, so I don't remember a lot of it very clearly. The defendant admitted to slipping the woman a lude in her drink with the aim of making her more receptive to his advances.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lude

n. a capsule of Quaalude, a tranquilizer. (Drugs.) I don’t know what he gave me. Mary said it was a “lude” or something.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bo
  • mother's little helpers
  • shwoman
  • Y3
  • short for
  • short for (something)
  • OTT
  • AIIC
  • M. and M.s
  • FWIW
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"We need this campaign because we're not a huge company in our space, and we have to do something that will generate some attention," De Lude says.
It can be anyplace," he said, suggesting that some conditions actually are symptoms of LUDE. "It is all about how the lower urinary tract handles potassium," he said, adding, "If you have a healthy, intact membrane, you won't react to potassium.
De Lude also uses data sources, such as federal government data, local government data, community data (blogs, lists, citizens groups), third-party market data, internal market recon, resident screening data and digital data--including Internet listing services, social listening tools and social media--when constructing the personas.
They are planning a crackdown on firms who use sets without a TV licence and this inc ludes computers fitted with aPCTVcard.
Ludes (executive director, American Security Project) presents a collection of 24 essays on the ongoing Iraq war that is "uncensored" to the extent that it includes a slightly broader range of American establishment perspectives on the war than one might find on the corporate news broadcasts or on the editorial pages of the New York Times or Washington Post (but not so much that it includes the voices of Iraqis or more radical critics of American foreign policy and the war itself).
Adult tickets cost pounds 59 per person and include three action-packed days at Univ ersal Orlando Resort parks which inc ludes the Univ ersal Studios, Universal's Islands of Adventure and 14 days consecutive admission to Universal CityWalk.
"The irony is that dignity can be reclaimed through such nondecorous means." In Kathe Burkhart's inhabitation of Elizabeth Taylor's persona, we get the late Liz, the full-bodied unapologetic connoisseur of "food, dudes, 'ludes, and booze." Here the host appears as self-sufficient consumer; as, in Nol and's words, a "living repudiation of the fallacy that appetites are the province of men."
Mazur conc ludes his excellent study with a view to the future of religious minorities within the Constitutional order, he leaves no doubt that any groups that make institutional challenges grounded in assertions over land will have the least chance for a sympathetic hearing.
In a quirk of fate, Diane Ludes, a veteran emergency nurse and CPR trainer who actually once lived three doors down from Gilman, happened by the scene, cleared his airway, applied mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and brought him back to life.
Ludes, who was named to the new position of vice chairman.
And the Gadgets for God section inc ludes a pair of flip flops that leaves imprints of ``God Loves You'' in the sand, a pet baptising kit and a pair of branded WWJD boxer shorts (What Would Jesus Do?).
One of the favoured designs inc ludes solar panels to illuminate the bridge at night.
The new contract also inc ludes an amended agreement on penalties.