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Special K en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Initial of Kellogg Company. The drug was nicknamed humorously after the cereal because its name begins with the letter k, as also with the slang sense of vitamin K.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) Ketamine, used as a hallucinogen.
    • Ketamine, a powerful anesthetic that acts on an entirely different neurotransmitter system (and which has been ingested in rave clubs as Special K) was recently the subject of a glowing study by the National Institute of Mental Health. 2008 October, Paul Scott, “Was the Prozac revolution all in our heads?”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 149:
    • 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:
    • Yeah, it's called the euphoric blockbuster and it's supposed to make Special K look weak. 1995, Harmony Korine, Kids, spoken by Fidget:
    • The soul leaves the sedated body and is free to travel, according to the not-exact testimony of numerous drugged-out Special K abusers. 2013, Chuck Palahniuk, Doomed, page 58:

wikipedia: Kellogg Company · wikidata: Q243547

Special K en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Initial of Kellogg Company. The drug was nicknamed humorously after the cereal because its name begins with the letter k, as also with the slang sense of vitamin K.

Meanings

  1. A breakfast cereal made primarily from rice and wheat.
    • He seemed better this morning; he had eaten two donuts and a bowl of Special K for breakfast. 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:

wikipedia: Kellogg Company