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sick
adjective- suffering the symptoms of withdrawal from a drug addiction US, 1938
- But even now the feeling was upon him, not that he was sick, but he would be soon enough if he didn’t get it[.] — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 2, 1952
- When I heard one day that Herman had been arrested I figured I would be next, but I was already sick and did not have the energy to leave town. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 38, 1953
- He was really sick now, and his stomach was cramping. — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 39, 1960
- I remember the times I was sick and you gave me some drugs. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 177, 1965
- [B]ecause three blocks away, a short walk for a sick junkie, are respectable neighborhoods good for burglary and “cracking shorts” (breaking into cars). — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 19, 1966
- Up to Lexington, 125 / Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive. — Velvet Underground I’m Waiting for the Man, 1967
- I didn’t know the feeling of being sick ’til I got to the Apple ’cause I had been using cocaine every day and using horse every day, so you can understand how I didn’t know I was hooked. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 86, 1973
- Say, you like sick, like you need a fix / Perhaps I can do some solids for you. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 55, 1976
- Everybody soon got wise he wouldn’t let you go sick and per result much more was going out than coming in. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 39, 1980
- “I’m short n sick, Homes,” moaned the Whoppa. The old yegg’s withdrawal was a palpable effluvium, a contagion bathing Joe with microwaves of misery. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 26, 1990
- experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle BAHAMAS
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 183, 1982
- infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS US
- Well I ain’t sick. I all skinny and shit. — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
- “He ain’t working now. He’s kind of sick.” “Oh yeah?” Rocco assumed that sick meant the Virus. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 224, 1992
- scary US
Perhaps from the sensations aroused. - — Jim Humes and Sean Wagstaff, Boarderlands, p. 224, 1995
- tedious, boring; disaffecting UK
- [T]he mood changed to one of indifference and boredom, and typi-cal comments from various individuals [...] were: “What a drag, man, I’m pulling out”, or “This sure is a sick scene, man”, etc. — Robin Page, Down Among the Dossers, p. 12, 1973
- excellent; wonderful US
On the principle that BAD - — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 6, Fall 1987
- — Macon Telegraph and News, p. 9A, 18 June 1989
- — Jim Humes and Sean Wagstaff, Boarderlands, p. 224, 1995
- — Ben Sharpe, Scooter Crazy, p. 41, 2000
- [K]ids say things like “sick” and “dope” when you wear them [fashionable trainers] in the park, then they rob you. — FHM, p. 47, June 2003
- At the next set of lights, the daredevil tricks which had horrified the commuters are rewarded with shouts of “Beef!” and “Sick, man!” from his mates. — The Independent Magazine, p. 17, 28 August 2004
- [I]t’s so sick out there [...] it’s really sick, it’s pumping. — a British surfer interviewed in Newquay Word of Mouth, 6 August 2004
- in poker, without further funds US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 82, 1988
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