dope

[Barnhart]

What about mary jane?  That's pretty passe', isn't it?

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Tuesday, March 08,
2005 at 11:07 AM -0500 wrote:
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>Jonathan Lighter writes:
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>What could be more passe' sounding than "pot" and "weed"?  Oh, I know !
>"Grass."
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>JL
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>I'm wondering if even more passe than "grass"  is "dope" in an entirely
>different sense:  that of information, the "gen," the "skinny," the
>"poop."
> Weren't racing forms sometimes called "dope sheets"?  Someone might say
>"I'll send you the dope on how to sign up."
>It was also a verb.  We used to say "I'm going to dope this out, " & sim.
>to mean try to understand instructions, or translate or work out a puzzle.
>A. Murie
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