K-hole en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From K (“ketamine”) + hole, from the notion that being in this state is comparable to being inside a hole, isolated or distanced from the real world.
Meanings
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(slang) The state of dissociation from (and lack of control over) the body that is commonly experienced after taking high doses of the drug ketamine.
Let's not focus on her. That'll be like entering a bad K-hole you'll never wake up from.
2015 July 1, Sam Esmail, “eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg”, in Mr. Robot, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Mr. Robot:“They're getting their drugs mixed up,” she said. “If someone did a line of coke, it would be a very different size than if someone did a bump of ketamine, right? So if they're thinking it's cocaine and they do a line, they could go into a k-hole and be completely unable to move for hours. Maybe not hours, but for a while.”
2019 August 9, Joshua Azizi, “Shambhala Music Festival makes harm reduction a priority”, in The Georgia Straight:Recreational users call it "special K," and the euphoric, hallucinatory experience it induces the "K-hole."
2018 May 8, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug”, in WIRED: