Talk:smoke dope
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The first def is SoP. Someone might have thought otherwise because dope most classically in the modern era means heroin, but "smoke dope" is often used for marijuana. But dope is really rather vague and can also mean marijuana (especially in Canada I think? At least in Sunnydale Trailer Park). In any case, any idiomaticity accrues to dope, not smoke dope.
The second def also seems useless IMHO. It's just using an expression non-literally, as all expressions can be used. I can say "he's tripping" even if I know he's not on a hallucinogen, it just means he's acting as though he is on a hallucinogen. I don't see how "smoking dope" is any different.
96.70.144.241 00:12, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
- Delete def 1. Totally SoP. But, if def. 2 is real and attestable, then it should possibly be kept. Though, I don't know the term and wonder if it really is a set phrase with that meaning. Sonofcawdrey (talk) 04:10, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
- Delete only def 1, or replace with
{{&lit|smoke|dope}}.
- I would claim widespread use for definition 2, which is clearly figurative and not SoP. DCDuring (talk) 17:58, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
- Def 1 RFD failed and converted to an
{{&lit}}(which I placed at the end, as is customary, so it's now listed as def 2). —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 10:08, 11 December 2017 (UTC)