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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

joypop en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From joy + pop.

Meanings

  1. (slang) To use drugs recreationally without becoming addicted.
    • Cozy found it was easier than he had expected to introduce the subject of joy popping at parties. He found that instead of steering shy of drugs, some youngsters were challenged by the taboos set up against them and considered their use real smart. 1956, Frank Kane, Key Witness, page 137:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
joypopping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
joypops Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
joypopped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
joypopped Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

joypopper