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blem en · ADJ · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of blemished sometimes used on online auction sites.

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more blem Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most blem Degree=Sup lexicographic

blem en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. (informal) A blemished item.
    • They're all blems. They're from the dumpster behind an apple-waxing plant in Washington State. 1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, page 6:

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blems Number=Plur lexicographic

blem en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [blɛm]
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, countable, uncountable) A cigarette, spliff or another intoxicant preparation for smoking.
    • Opps don’t come borne no more, swear the opp boys deny their ends / Dem man der get high off on blem then give verbal online with friends 2020 May 13, “Respawn”, Cillian (lyrics), 1:27:
    • Give up the name, I pattern them / Why you der life, your smoking blem 2018 October 26, “Bars at the Sesh”, J.B2 aka Mr.Affiliate (lyrics), Farrokh Beats (music), 0:23:
    • Watched his world dissolve in his hands / Tried to roll a blem then put his head between his knees 2020, Arlo Parks, Gianluca Buccellati, “Caroline”, in Collapsed in Sunbeams, performed by Arlo Parks:
    • I pop my cherry on the opp block, holding a four-ten, / corn for days, corn for them, / can’t single, we out like blem, / been bad since when, / [incomprehensible or probably censored] back then, / now I am tryna lurk with friend plus skeng 2019 July 29, “Trips”, #CGE Mobz X TT X S13 (lyrics), SK-Beats (music), 1:31:

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blems Number=Plur lexicographic

blem en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [blɛm]

Meanings

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative, slang) Alternative form of blam (“to shoot”).
    alt of blam
    • And anyone of dem can curse, and we send shot And we send shot pon dem anyone of dem can get blem We send shot pon dem anyone of dem can get qweng 2019 February 19, Lowkey (OFB), “Hold Dem”, 1:03–1:04:

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blemming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blemmed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blemmed Tense=Past lexicographic
blems Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic