Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Ketamine when used as an illicit recreational drug.

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  • proper noun trademark A breakfast cereal made primarily from rice and wheat.
  • noun slang The pain-killing drug ketamine, used as a hallucinogen.

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  • noun street names for ketamine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Special K, a trademark for a breakfast cereal.]

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Initial of Kellogg Company. The drug was nicknamed humorously after the cereal.

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Examples

  • We continue to see a positive response to the relaunch of Special K, where we have significantly improved the food.

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  • A recent survey of 3,000 British women by Special K-- the cereal that's supposed to make us so thin 'n happy -- revealed size 14s (about a U.S. 10) rated their general happiness the highest.

    That's Fit 2009

  • And looky here ... even though Special K apparently already has an IP address and this person's email ... it doesn't stop his acolytes from tossing around all kinds of accusations.

    halls of macadamia 2009

  • And ketamine, often called Special K in its illicit form, has become a popular party drug.

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