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KJ en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Probably an initialism of crystal (“phencyclidine”) + joint (“marijuana cigarette”).

Meanings

1. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) Phencyclidine (PCP); also, a marijuana cigarette laced with phencyclidine.
   • This was some other shit, what they smoked, could have been fucking angel dust sprinkled on, they called that KJ. Shit, knowing them that’s exactly why I couldn’t stop my head from bobbing, and why the streetlights were so fucking bright, and mean seeming, and, like, too red. I was glad I only hit it once. 2018, Tommy Orange, “Calvin Jonhson”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 92:

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Synonyms

zootie · horse tranquilizer · hog · ill · angel dust · phenylcyclohexylpiperidine · zoot · phencyclidine · peace pill · PCP · crystal · fairy dust · love boat · magic mist · sherm · wack · KJ · tic

KJ en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of killjoy.
   alt of killjoy

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